Factors affecting lumbar spinal fusion

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-114

  Snider, Robert K ^d   Krumwiede, Norma K ^b   Snider, Linda J ^d   Jurist, John M ^a   Lew, Robert A ^c   Katz, Jeffrey N ^c  

^a CRM Inc   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MANKATO   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Anemia; Internal fixation; Prospective cohort; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER PAIN; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0033509656     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002517-199904000-00005     Document Type: Article

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