Correlation between inter-vertebral disc morphology and the results in patients undergoing Graf ligament stabilisation

European Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 714-718

  Askar, Zahid ^a   Wardlaw, Douglas ^a   Muthukumar, Thillainayagamike ^a   Smith, Frank ^a   Kader, Deiary ^a   Gibson, Suzy ^a  

^a WOODEND HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disc state; Graf ligamentoplasty; Multifidus muscle; Woodend classification

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAF LIGAMENT STABILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LIGAMENT SURGERY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIFIDUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REOPERATION; SPINAL ROOT; SPINE STABILIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BACK PAIN; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; KYPHOSIS; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15744366607     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0702-8     Document Type: Article

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