Cage migration in spondylolisthesis treated with posterior lumbar interbody fusion using BAK cages

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 2171-2175

  Chen, Liang ^a   Yang, Huilin ^a   Tang, Tiansi ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BAK cage; Cage migration; Posterior lumbar interbody fusion; Spondylolisthesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOLYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

EID: 26444505918     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000180402.50500.5b     Document Type: Review

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