A controlled prospective outcome study of implantable electrical stimulation with spinal instrumentation in a high-risk spinal fusion population

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 465-469

  Kucharzyk, Donald W ^a,b  

^a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

^b Orthoped Pediat and Spine Inst ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Direct current; Electrical stimulation; Fusion; Instrumentation; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033105345     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199903010-00012     Document Type: Article

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