Lumbar sagittal contour after posterior interbody fusion: Threaded devices alone versus vertical cages plus posterior instrumentation

Spine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 534-537

  Klemme, William R ^a   Owens, Brett D ^a   Dhawan, Aman ^a   Zeidman, Seth ^a,b   Polly Jr , David W ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusion; Interbody; Lordosis; Lumbar; Sagittal contour

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LORDOSIS; NERVE ENDING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

HUMANS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SACRUM; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0035282515     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200103010-00017     Document Type: Article

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