Laparoscopic fusion of the lumbar spine in a multicenter series of the first 34 consecutive patients

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 459-468

  Regan, John J ^a,d   McAfee, Paul C ^c   Guyer, Richard D ^a   Aronoff, Ronald J ^b  

^a TEXAS BACK INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Scoliosis and Spine Center   (United States)

^d Inst for Spine and Biomed Research   (United States)

Author keywords

BAK; Degenerative disc disease; Interbody fusion; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LAPAROSCOPES; LAPAROSCOPY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029845835     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019509-199612000-00009     Document Type: Article

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