Return to work after posterolateral fusion with transpedicular instrumentation for spondylarthrosis of the lumbosacral spine

Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-66

  Pihlajamaki H ^a,b   Myllynen, P ^a   Bostman O ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

disability; spinal fusion; spinal instrumentation; spondylarthrosis; transpedicular stabilization; work return

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WORK CAPACITY; WORK DISABILITY;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 0029939671     PISSN: 03559521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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