Approach-related morbidity in transthoracic anterior spine surgery: A clinical study and review of literature;Morbilidad relacionada con el abordaje torácico anterior de la columna: Estudio clínico y revisión de la literatura

Coluna/ Columna

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-84

  Zenner, Juliane ^b   Koller, Heiko ^a,b   Hempfing, Axel ^b   Hutter, Jörg ^a   Hitzl, Wolfgang ^a   Resch, Herbert ^a   Tauber, Mark ^a   Meier, Oliver ^b   Ferraris, Luis ^b,c  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b German Scoliosis Center   (Germany)

^c Werner Wicker Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Spine surgery; Thoracotomy methods; Video assisted surgery methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959770269     PISSN: 18081851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1808-18512010000100014     Document Type: Review

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