Radiographic Analysis of Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion for the Treatment of Adult Isthmic Spondylolisthesis

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 469-476

  Kwon, Brian K ^a,b,c   Berta, Scott ^a   Daffner, Scott D ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a   Hilibrand, Alan S ^a   Grauer, Jonathan N ^a   Beiner, John ^a   Albert, Todd J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Isthmic spondylolisthesis; Sagittal alignment; Slip angle; Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISTHMIC SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; LORDOSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TRANSFORAMINAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDICLE SCREW; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARBON FIBER;

EID: 0345098629     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024720-200310000-00006     Document Type: Article

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