Outcome of fusion: Assessment techniques and comparison of anterior fusion with posterolateral fusion

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 162-165

  Greenough, Charles G ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

outcome assessment; spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISABILITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; REVIEW; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029857297     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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