Magnetic resonance imaging 20 years after anterior lumbar interbody fusion

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 1952-1956

  Wai, Eugene K ^a,b,g   Santos, Edward R G ^f   Morcom, Russell A ^c   Fraser, Robert D ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c St Andrew's Hospital   (Australia)

^d ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional outcome; Lumbar degeneration; Lumbar fusion; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLARTHRITIS;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REOPERATION; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748069796     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000228849.37321.a8     Document Type: Article

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