Temporary external transpedicular fixation of the lumbosacral spine

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 481-485

  Van Der Schaaf, Dick B ^a,b   Van Limbeek, Jacques ^a   Pavlov, Paul W ^a  

^a Sint Maartenskliniek ^*  (Netherlands)

^b SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

External transpedicular fixation; Failed back surgery; Low back pain; Spine fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISKITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE INJURY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPONDYLOLYSIS;

ADULT; BONE SCREWS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SACRUM; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033106221     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199903010-00017     Document Type: Article

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