Current treatment strategies for the painful lumbar motion segment: Posterolateral fusion versus interbody fusion

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 16 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Wang, Jeremy C ^a   Mummaneni, Praveen V ^b   Haid, Regis W ^a  

^a Atlanta Brain and Spine Care   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone morphogenetic protein; Degenerative disc disease; Low back pain; Posterior lumbar interbody fusion; Posterolateral fusion; Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN;

ARTHRODESIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PAINFUL MOTION SEGMENT; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 23944470637     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000174559.13749.83     Document Type: Review

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