The outcome of posterolateral fusion in highly selected patients with discogenic low back pain

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 1909-1917

  Parker, Larry M ^a   Murrell, Sam E ^a   Boden, Scott D ^a   Horton, William C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

autogenous fusions; degenerative disc disease; discogram; interpedicular segmental fixation; lumbar; lumbosacral; pedicle screw; pseudarthrosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISKOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINE FUSION; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029782401     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199608150-00016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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