Posterior lumbar interbody fusion with metal cages: Current techniques

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 311-319

  Patel, Atul ^a   Welch, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Interbody fusion; Lumbar fusion; Posterior lumbar interbody fusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750678202     PISSN: 10486666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1048-6666(00)80031-2     Document Type: Article

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