Lumbar interbody fusion using the Brantigan I/F Cage for posterior lumbar interbody fusion and the Variable Pedicle Screw Placement System: Two- year results from a Food and Drug Administration investigational device exemption clinical trial

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1437-1446

  Brantigan, John W ^a   Steffee, Arthur D ^a   Lewis, Mary L ^a   Quinn, Linda M ^a   Persenaire, J Maarten ^a  

^a S Texas Orthoped Spin Surg A   (United States)

Author keywords

Cage; Degenerative disc disease; Failed discectomy; Interbody fusion orthosis; Multiple level fusion; Pedicle screw; Posterior lumbar interbody fusion; Postsurgical failed back; Recurrent disc disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LUMBAR SPINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; CARBON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034214346     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200006010-00017     Document Type: Article

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