A preliminary study of the efficacy of beta tricalcium phosphate as a bone expander for instrumented posterolateral lumbar fusions

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 424-429

  Epstein, Nancy E ^a,b,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Long Island Neurosurgical Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta tricalcium phosphate; Posterolateral lumbar fusions

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE ALLOGRAFT; BONE PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTEROLATERAL LUMBAR FUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDARTHROSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SHORT FORM 36; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SUBSTITUTES; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746913845     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024720-200608000-00009     Document Type: Article

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