Bone dowels in anterior lumbar interbody fusion

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 374-379

  Lekovic, Gregory P ^a   Han, Patrick P ^a   Kenny, Kathy J ^a   Dickman, Curtis A ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior lumbar interbody fusion; Bone dowels; Lumbar degenerative disease

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ANTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; METAL IMPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADICULAR PAIN; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FEMUR; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 34347343909     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e31802c1462     Document Type: Article

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