Lumbar Intervertebral Body Fusion Cages: Histological Evaluation of Clinically Failed Cages Retrieved from Humans

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 70-79

  Togawa, Daisuke ^a   Bauer, Thomas W ^a   Lieberman, Isador H ^a   Sakai, Hiroshige ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BONE; BONE GRAFT; BONE MATRIX; DEMINERALIZATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR INTERVERTEBRAL BODY FUSION CAGE; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0348223825     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200401000-00012     Document Type: Article

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