Anterior lumbar fusion with paired BAK standard and paired BAK proximity cages: Subsidence incidence, subsidence factors, and clinical outcome

Spine Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 289-293

  Beutler, William J ^a   Peppelman Jr , Walter C ^a  

^a Pinnacle Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

BAK implants; Interbody cage; Lumbar fusion; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BONE SCREW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; JOINT INSTABILITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SPINE FUSION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISKECTOMY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL FIXATORS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0642280271     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1529-9430(03)00061-5     Document Type: Article

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