Surgery for degenerative lumbar spondylosis: Updated Cochrane review

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 2312-2320

  Gibson, John N Alastair ^a,b   Waddell, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cochrane Review; Decompression; Degenerative disc disease; Disc arthroplasty; Fusion; Instrumented fusion; Lumbar spondylosis; Meta analysis; Outcomes; Randomized controlled trials; Spinal stenosis; Surgery; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTHROPLASTY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DEGENERATIVE LUMBAR SPONDYLOSIS; DISABILITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; KINESIOTHERAPY; NERVE COMPRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ARTHROPLASTY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SPONDYLOLYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27144452021     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000182315.88558.9c     Document Type: Review

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