Outcome of the Graf ligamentoplasty procedure compared with anterior lumbar interbody fusion with the Hartshill horseshoe cage

European Spine Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 361-368

  Madan, Sanjeev ^a   Boeree, Nicholas R ^b  

^a Wessex Deanery ^*  (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Disc degeneration; Graf ligament; Lumbar interbody fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HARTSHILL HORSESHOE CAGE; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT SURGERY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIGIDITY; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; BONE SCREWS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042236727     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-002-0488-5     Document Type: Article

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