Good results of circumferential spine fusion in smokers, using autograft and allograft

Cell and Tissue Banking

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 169-173

  Mirovsky, Y ^a   Halperin, N ^a   Anekstein, Y ^a   Neuwirth, M G ^b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Beith Israel Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Fresh frozen graft; Lumbar spine; Nicotine; Nonunion; Pseudarthrosis; Spine fusion

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BONE ALLOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR HEAD; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR SPINE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; WALKING;

EID: 0038313025     PISSN: 13899333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023694902393     Document Type: Article

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