Orientation of the lumbar facet joints: Association with degenerative disc disease

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 403-411

  Boden, Scott D ^a,b   Riew, K Daniel ^a,c   Yamaguchi, Ken ^a,c   Branch, Thomas P ^a,b   Schellinger, Dieter ^a,d   Wiesel, Sam W ^a,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

EID: 0029877326     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199603000-00012     Document Type: Article

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