Complications in lumbar fusion surgery for chronic low back pain: Comparison of three surgical techniques used in a prospective randomized study. A report from the Swedish Lumbar Spine Study Group

European Spine Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 178-189

  Fritzell, Peter ^a   Hägg, Olle ^b   Nordwall, Anders ^b  

^a FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Complications; Lumbar fusion; Reoperation; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENDER; HEART FAILURE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTED POSTEROLATERAL FUSION; INTERBODY FUSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LITERATURE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE INJURY; NONINSTRUMENTED POSTEROLATERAL FUSION; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; SEPSIS; SMOKING; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL INJURY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0038671838     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-002-0493-8     Document Type: Article

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