Spondylodesis in the treatment of segmental instability of the lumbar spine with special reference to clinically verified instability

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 629-635

  Kotilainen, E ^a,b   Heinanen J ^a   Gullichsen, E ^a   Koivunen, T ^a   Aro, H T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Lumbar instability; Lumbar spondylodesis; Spinal instrumentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPONDYLODESIS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0030802861     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01411998     Document Type: Article

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