Anterior lumbar interbody fusion: Does stable anterior fixation matter?

European Spine Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 386-392

  Madan, S S ^a   Harley, J M ^a   Boeree, N R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior lumbar fusion; Cage; Hartshill horseshoe

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CANCELLOUS BONE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HARTSHILL HORSESHOE CAGE; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; IMPLANT; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE STABILIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041736420     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-003-0543-x     Document Type: Article

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