Decompression, fusion, and instrumentation surgery for complex lumbar spinal stenosis

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 384, Issue , 2001, Pages 18-25

  Hansraj, Kenneth K ^a,g   O'Leary, Patrick F ^b,c,d   Cammisa Jr , Frank P ^c,d   Hall, Jerome C ^e   Fras, Christian I ^e   Cohen, Matthew S ^c   Dorey, Frederick J ^f  

^a St Francis Hospital   (United States)

^b LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f JOINT REPLACEMENT INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g Special Spine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REOPERATION; SPINE FUSION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REOPERATION; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0035292879     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200103000-00004     Document Type: Article

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