The Argument for Noninstrumented Posterolateral Fusion for Patients with Spinal Stenosis and Degenerative Spondylolisthesis

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 170-172

  Phillips, Frank M ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODESIS; BACKACHE; BLEEDING; BONE SCREW; CLAUDICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMPLANT; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTEROLATERAL SPINE FUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PUBLICATION; REOPERATION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 1642539198     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000106318.98185.6E     Document Type: Editorial

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