Position of interbody spacer in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: Effect on 3-dimensional stability and sagittal lumbar contour

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 175-180

  Faundez, Antonio A ^a   Mehbod, Amir A ^b   Wu, Chunhui ^c   Wu, Wentien ^d   Ploumis, Avraam ^e   Transfeldt, Ensor E ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

^c Foundation for the Advancement of Spinal Knowledge   (United States)

^d BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e General Army Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Interbody fusion; Mechanical stability; Segmental lordosis

Indexed keywords

KETONE; POLYETHER;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; JOINT STABILITY; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MOBILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WAVEFORM; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43149095112     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e318074bb7d     Document Type: Article

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