A minimum 10-year follow-up of posterior dynamic stabilization using graf artificial ligament

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 1992-1996

  Kanayama, Masahiro ^a   Hashimoto, Tomoyuki ^a   Shigenobu, Keiichi ^a   Togawa, Daisuke ^a   Oha, Fumihiro ^a  

^a HAKODATE CENTRAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Degenerative spondylolisthesis; Graf artificial ligament; Long term follow up; Motion preservation surgery; Posterior dynamic stabilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COURSE EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; LIGAMENT SURGERY; LONG TERM CARE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 34548126429     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318133faae     Document Type: Article

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