Complication avoidance and management in anterior lumbar interbody fusion

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Than, Khoi D ^a   Wang, Anthony C ^a   Rahman, Shayan U ^a   Wilson, Thomas J ^a   Valdivia, Juan M ^a   Park, Paul ^a   La Marca, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior lumbar interbody fusion; Anterior spine; Complication; Lumbar spine

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SPINE FUSION;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 82155196216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.7.FOCUS11141     Document Type: Article

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