Common surgical complications in degenerative spinal surgery

World Journal of Orthopedics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 62-66

  Papadakis, Michael ^a   Aggeliki, Lianou ^b   Papadopoulos, Elias C ^a   Girardi, Federico P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Ag Olga Hospital   (Greece)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Disc herniation; Failed back surgery; Instability; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889784106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22185836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5312/wjo.v4.i2.62     Document Type: Short Survey

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