The authors present their experience with computerized tomography of the spine both with and without contrast material. Our early experience indicated the substantial potential of this new technique. Further experience confirms this earlier impression. Representative cases of computer tomography of
Computerized tomography after internal fixation of the spine
✍ Scribed by Uwe Dietrich; Rolf Kalff; Klaus-Michael Stürmer; Miodrag Serdarevic; Wilhelm Kocks
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 375 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0344-5607
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