Clinical and radiological outcome of anterior-posterior fusion versus transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for symptomatic disc degeneration: A retrospective comparative study of 133 patients

European Spine Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-211

  Faundez, Antonio A ^a   Schwender, James D ^b   Safriel, Yair ^c   Gilbert, Thomas J ^c   Mehbod, Amir A ^b   Denis, Francis ^b   Transfeldt, Ensor E ^b   Wroblewski, Jill M ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

^c Center For Diagnostic Imaging Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior posterior fusion; Symptomatic lumbar disc degeneration; Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSFORAMINAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59449102622     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-008-0845-0     Document Type: Article

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