Problems of posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) for the rheumatoid spondylitis of the lumbar spine

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 73-79

  Inaoka, Masahiro ^a   Tada, Koichi ^b   Yanenobu, Kazuo ^c  

^a NISSAY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANSAI ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Posterior lumbar interbody fusion; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatoid spondylitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BONE DESTRUCTION; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE ENDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPONDYLITIS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION; WALKING;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036943538     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004020100321     Document Type: Article

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