Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Surgical Technique and Results in 24 Patients

Neurosurgery

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 368-374

  Salehi, Sean A ^a,d   Tawk, Rabih ^b   Ganju, Aruna ^a   LaMarca, Frank ^c   Liu, John C ^a   Ondra, Stephen L ^a   Sonntag, Volker K H ^d   Benzel, Edward C ^d   Cooper, Paul R ^d   Frempong Boadu, Anthony K ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Circumferential fusion; Lumbar spine; Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 10744220511     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000103493.25162.18     Document Type: Article

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