The role of anterior lumbar fusion for internal disc disruption

Spine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 566-569

  Blumenthal, Scott L ^a   Baker, John ^a   Dossett, Andrew ^a   Selby, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior lumbar fusion; Discography; Internal disc disruption; Low back pain

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR FUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISKOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MIDDLE AGE; SMOKING; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0023686342     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-198805000-00023     Document Type: Article

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