Anterior lumbar interbody fusion: Changes in area of the dural tube, disc height, and prevalence of cauda equina adhesion in magnetic resonance images

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 18-22

  Motosuneya, Takao ^a   Asazuma, Takashi ^a   Nobuta, Masuhiro ^b   Masuoka, Kazunori ^a   Ichimura, Shoichi ^a   Fujikawa, Kyosuke ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Nagasaki Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior lumbar interbody fusion; Cauda equina adhesion; Cross sectional area; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUDA EQUINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 13744256013     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000133509.99670.95     Document Type: Article

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