Posterolateral lumbosacral fusion with transpedicular fixation:63 consecutive cases followed for 4 (2-6) years

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-68

  Pihlajamaki, Harri ^a   Bøaostman, Ole ^a   Ruuskanen, Martti ^a   Myllynen, Pertti ^a   Kinnunen, Jaakko ^a   Karaharju, Erkki ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOLYSIS; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030051256     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679608995612     Document Type: Article

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