Comparison of polyetheretherketone cages with femoral cortical bone allograft as a single-piece interbody spacer in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 534-539

  Cutler, Aaron R ^a   Siddiqui, Saquib ^a   Mohan, Avinash L ^a   Hillard, Virany H ^a   Cerabona, Franco ^a   Das, Kaushik ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL MANHATTAN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intervertebral disc disease; Lumbar spine; Spondylolisthesis

Indexed keywords

KETONE DERIVATIVE; POLYETHERETHERKETONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOMATERIAL; KETONE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE ALLOGRAFT; CAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X RAY FILM; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMUR; IMPLANTATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; KETONES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548282028     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.5.6.534     Document Type: Article

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