Optimal patient positioning for ligamentotaxis during balloon kyphoplasty of the thoracolumbar and lumbar spine

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 834-836

  Cawley, D T ^a   Sexton, P ^a   Murphy, T ^a   McCabe, J P ^a  

^a Merlin Park University Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Kyphoplasty; Ligamentotaxis; Osteoporotic vertebral fracture; Vertebral height; Vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; KYPHOPLASTY; LUMBAR FRACTURE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALLOON DILATION; FEMALE; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; KYPHOPLASTY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT POSITIONING; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79955921639     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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