Surgical treatment of failed back surgery syndrome due to sagittal imbalance

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 3081-3087

  Jang, Jee Soo ^a   Lee, Sang Ho ^a   Min, Jun Hong ^a   Kim, Seok Kang ^a   Han, Kyoung Mi ^a   Maeng, Dae Hyeon ^a  

^a Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Combined anterior and posterior arthrodesis; Failed back surgery syndrome; Sagittal imbalance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LORDOSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FUSION; SYNDROME; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 37349025757     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31815cde71     Document Type: Review

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