Unilateral transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and bilateral anterior-column fixation with two Brantigan I/F cages per level: Clinical outcomes during a minimum 2-year follow-up period

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 198-205

  Taneichi, Hiroshi ^a,b   Suda, Kota ^a   Kajino, Tomomichi ^a   Matsumura, Akira ^a   Moridaira, Hiroshi ^a   Kaneda, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a Bibai Rosai Hospital   (Japan)

^b Bibai Rosai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilateral anterior column support; Intervertebral device; Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion; Unilateral approach

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; PNEUMONIA; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; FOREIGN BODY; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645750310     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.4.3.198     Document Type: Article

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