The role of lumbar lordosis, vertebral end-plate inclination, disc height, and facet orientation in degenerative spondylolisthesis

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 68-73

  Berlemann, Ulrich ^b   Jeszenszky, Dezsö J ^a   Bühler, Daniel W ^b   Harms, Jürgen ^a  

^a Center for Spinal Surgery   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Degeneration; Lumbar spine facet joint; Remodeling; Ventrolisthesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

EID: 0033494780     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002517-199902000-00011     Document Type: Article

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