A prospective randomized study of unilateral versus bilateral instrumented posterolateral lumbar fusion in degenerative spondylolisthesis

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 395-401

  Fernández Fairen, Mariano ^a   Sala, Pedro ^a   Ramírez, Hernán ^a   Gil, Javier ^b  

^a Instituto de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología de Barcelona   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bilateral; Degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis; Instrumentation; Unilateral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BILATERAL POSTEROLATERAL LUMBAR FUSION; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DEGENERATIVE LUMBAR SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEIGHT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE ROOT; NERVE ROOT LESION; OPERATION DURATION; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; RIGIDITY; RISK; SHORT FORM 36; SHORT FORM 36 VERSION 2; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNILATERAL POSTEROLATERAL LUMBAR FUSION; X2 TEST;

AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BONE SCREWS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847083437     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000255023.56466.44     Document Type: Article

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