Vertebral body osteopenia associated with posterolateral spine fusion in humans

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 2368-2371

  Myers, Mark A ^a   Casciani, Thomas ^a   Whitbeck Jr , M Gordon ^a,b   Puzas, J Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

absorptiometry; bone density; instrumentation; lumbar spine; osteopenia; spine fusion; stress shielding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; OSTEOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL FUSION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0029829799     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199610150-00012     Document Type: Article

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