Comparative study of iliac bone graft and carbon cage with local bone graft in posterior lumbar interbody fusion

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-7

  Arai, Yasuhisa ^a   Takahashi, Masaki ^a   Kurosawa, Hisashi ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon cage; Iliac bone graft; Local bone graft; Posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF)

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; IMPLANT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATION DURATION; RATING SCALE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036625027     PISSN: 10225536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/230949900201000102     Document Type: Article

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