The effect of spinal shortening after total en bloc spondylectomy: A biomechanical study in the thoracic spine

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Kato, Satoshi ^a,b   Murakami, Hideki ^b   Higashino, Kosaku ^a   Okada, Motohiro ^a   Ito, Zenya ^a   Demura, Satoru ^b   Kawahara, Norio ^b   Tomita, Katsuro ^b   Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki ^b   Hutton, William C ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cross link; multilevel TES; spinal reconstruction; spinal shortening; thoracic spine; total en bloc spondylectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; THORACIC SPINE; TOTAL ENBLOC SPONDYLECTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 84864468772     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e31825dd964     Document Type: Article

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