Degenerative disorders of the lumbar spine. Total disc replacement as an alternative to lumbar fusion?;Degenerative erkrankungen der lendenwirbelsäule. Bandscheibenersatz als alternative zur spondylodese?

Orthopade

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1007-1020

  Mayer, H M ^a  

^a Orthozentrum ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial disc; Disc degeneration; Low back pain; Lumbar spine; Total disc replacement

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISKOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL IMPLANTATION; MORPHOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; BACK PAIN; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SPINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26844448720     PISSN: 00854530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00132-005-0836-3     Document Type: Review

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