A comparison of radiographic findings in fusion and nonfusion patients ten or more years following lumbar disc surgery

Spine

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1979, Pages 435-440

  Frymoyer, John W ^a   Hanley, Edward N ^b   Howe, James ^a   Kuhlmann, Darwin ^c   Matteri, Richard E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d The Eugene Hospital and Clinic ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Lumbar disc excision; Lumbar mobility; Posterior spinal fusion; Postoperative radiographs; Traction spurs

Indexed keywords

BONE; DIAGNOSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THERAPY;

DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE;

EID: 0018629950     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-197909000-00008     Document Type: Article

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