Aorta movement in patients with scoliosis after posterior surgery

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 26, 2010, Pages

  Takeshita, Katsushi ^a   Maruyama, Toru ^b   Nakao, Yusuke ^b   Ono, Takashi ^a   Taniguchi, Yuki ^a   Chikuda, Hirotaka ^a   Shoda, Naoki ^a   Oshima, Yasushi ^a   Higashikawa, Akiro ^a   Nakamura, Kozo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Department of Neurology   (Japan)

Author keywords

aorta; computed tomography; pedicle screw; scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFORMITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NERVE; PARAMETER; PEDICLE SCREW; PLANNING; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGEON; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650937823     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181cf0cb6     Document Type: Article

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