Anterior lumbar interbody fusion in comparison with transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: Implications for the restoration of foraminal height, local disc angle, lumbar lordosis, and sagittal balance

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 379-386

  Hsieh, Patrick C ^a,b   Koski, Tyler R ^a   O'Shaughnessy, Brian A ^a   Sugrue, Patrick ^a   Salehi, Sean ^a   Ondra, Stephen ^a   Liu, John C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior lumbar interbody fusion; Degenerative spine disease; Lumbar spondylosis; Sagittal balance; Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; TRANSFORAMINAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION;

EID: 35348813059     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI-07/10/379     Document Type: Conference Paper

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