Removal of lumbar instrumentation for the treatment of recurrent low back pain in the absence of pseudarthrosis

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 414-418

  Wild, Alexander ^a,b   Pinto, Manuel R ^b   Butler, Lisa ^b   Bressan, Clayton ^c   Wroblewski, Jill M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

^c Hospital Sant'Ana Ltda   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fusion; Instrumentation removal; Lumbar; Operative treatment; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0242468256     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-003-0561-5     Document Type: Article

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