Surgery for failed cervical spine reconstruction

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Helgeson, Melvin D ^a   Albert, Todd J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Laminectomy; postlaminectomy kyphosis; pseudarthrosis; sagittal balance

Indexed keywords

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA; DECISION MAKING; DYSPHASIA; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE INJURY; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE SURGERY; SPINE TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 84857922017     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31823ec9d2     Document Type: Review

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