Unilateral transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) using a single cage for treatment of low grade lytic spondylolisthesis

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 667-671

  El Masry, Mohamed Adel ^c   Khayal, Hisham ^b   Salah, Hossam ^a,c  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b Ali Omar Askar Neurospinal Centre   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^c Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

Interbody fusion; Single cage; Spondylolisthesis; Transforaminal; Unilateral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

EID: 56149098738     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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