The axial cage: A pilot study for interbody fusion in higher-grade spondylolisthesis

Spine Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 115-120

  Slosar, Paul J ^a   Reynolds, James B ^a   Koestler, Mary ^a  

^a San Francisco Spine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial cage; Fibula strut graft; Fusion cage; Interbody fusion; Lumbar spondylolisthesis

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TITANIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042919370     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1529-9430(01)00022-5     Document Type: Article

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