Stand-alone anterior lumbar discectomy and fusion with plate: initial experience

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-13

  Aryan, Henry E ^a,b   Lu, Daniel C ^a,b   Acosta Jr , Frank L ^a,b   Ames, Christopher P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ALIF; Anterior lumbar; Fusion; Interbody; Plate; Stabilization; Stand alone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; BONE PLATES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISKECTOMY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 34250673178     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.10.042     Document Type: Article

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