Foraminal stenosis and single-level degenerative disc disease: A randomized controlled trial comparing decompression with decompression and instrumented fusion

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1375-1380

  Hallett, Alison ^a   Huntley, James S ^a   Gibson, J N Alastair ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decompression; Disability; Posterolateral fusion; Randomized; Spinal fusion; Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FORAMINAL STENOSIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADICULOPATHY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL PAIN; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249889319     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318064520f     Document Type: Article

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