Surgical results after soft system stabilization of the lumbar spine in degenerative disc disease - Long term results

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 521-525

  Brechbuhler D ^d   Markwalder, Th M ^a,c   Braun, M ^b  

^a Neurosurgeon   (Switzerland)

^b Serv de Rheumatol et Reeducation   (Switzerland)

^c Spezialarzt fur Neurochirurgie FMH   (Switzerland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Bands; Lumbar spine; Pedicular implants; Spinal instability; Surgical stabilization without fusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; SOFT TISSUE; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; DISKECTOMY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LORDOSIS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RATS; REOPERATION; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031879695     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050135     Document Type: Article

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