Posterior lumbar interbody fusion via a unilateral approach

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 319-325

  Shin, Hyun Chul ^a   Yi, Seong ^a   Kim, Keung Nyun ^a   Kim, Sang Hyun ^a   Yoon, Do Heum ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Instability; Posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF); Uni lateral approach

Indexed keywords

KETONE DERIVATIVE; POLYETHER DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RATING SCALE; SAFETY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; JOINT INSTABILITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745594551     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: 05135796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2006.47.3.319     Document Type: Article

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