Clinical outcome in monosegmental fusion of degenerative lumbar instabilities: Instrumented versus non-instrumented

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Jäger, Marcus ^a   Seller, Konrad ^a   Raab, Peter ^c   Krauspe, Rüdiger ^a   Wild, Alexander ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Degenerative spine; Instrumentation; Monosegmental fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041469031     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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