Update on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Lumbar Nonunions

Seminars in Spine Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-26

  Patel, Alpesh A ^a   Spiker, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

failed fusion; lumbar nonunion; lumbar pseudarthrosis; pseudarthrosis treatment

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INFUSE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RECOMBINANT BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; RECOMBINANT OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; TECHNETIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INFECTION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOBACCO; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 38649085020     PISSN: 10407383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semss.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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