Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Degenerative Disc Disease Using a Minimally Invasive B-Twin Expandable Spinal Spacer: A Multicenter Study

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 455-460

  Folman, Yoram ^a   Lee, Sang Ho ^c   Silvera, Jose Raul ^d   Gepstein, Reuven ^b  

^a HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Uyapar MC ^*  (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Degenerative disc disease; Posterior lumbar interbody fusion; Spinal spacer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B TWIN EXPANDABLE SPINAL SPACER; CAUDA EQUINA; CHRONIC PAIN; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OSWESTRY INDEX; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FUSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FOLLOW UP; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TRACTION THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0345530124     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024720-200310000-00004     Document Type: Article

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