The effect of posterior distraction on vertebral growth in immature Pigs: An experimental simulation of growing rod technique

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 730-733

  Ylmaz, Güney ^a   Huri, Gazi ^a   Demirkran, Gökhan ^a   Daǧloǧlu, Kenan ^b   Ozkan, Cenk ^b   Alanay, Ahmet ^a   Acaroglu, Emre ^a   Yazici, Muharrem ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Distraction; Growing rod instrumentation technique; Growth; Pig; Vertebra

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; GROWING ROD TECHNIQUE; GROWTH PLATE; NONHUMAN; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; VERTEBRA BODY; WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BONE SCREWS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; SCOLIOSIS; SWINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951683741     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181bcc3a3     Document Type: Article

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