Less invasive surgical correction of adult degenerative scoliosis, part I: Technique and radiographic results

Neurosurgery

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 696-710

  Scheufler, Kai Michael ^a   Cyron, Donatus ^b   Dohmen, Hildegard ^c   Eckardt, Anke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Karlsruhe   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Degenerative scoliosis; Fluoroscopy; Image guidance; Intraoperative computed tomography; Less invasive surgery; Radiation exposure; Spinal deformity correction

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEGENERATIVE SCOLIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77956188220     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000377851.75513.FE     Document Type: Article

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