Effects of smoking and maturation on long-term maintenance of lumbar spinal fusion success

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 380-385

  Mooney, Vert ^a,c   McDermott, Kathy L ^b   Song, Jenny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Orthofix Inc   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusion maintenance; Interbody fusion; Pulsed electromagnetic fields; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MATURATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033503870     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002517-199912050-00005     Document Type: Article

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