Unusual back pain caused by intervertebral disc degeneration associated with schmorl node at Th11/12 in a young athlete, successfully treated by anterior interbody fusion: A case report

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Fukuta, Shoji ^a   Miyamoto, Kei ^a   Iwata, Atsushi ^b   Hosoe, Hideo ^a   Iwata, Hisashi ^a   Shirahashi, Koyo ^a   Shimizu, Katsuji ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kizawa Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior interbody fusion; Degenerative spondylolisthesis; Intervertebral disc degeneration; Operative treatment; Schmorl node; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; TITANIUM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BACKACHE; BODY MOVEMENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CURETTAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; JOINT DEGENERATION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; KYPHOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION; SPORT; VERTEBRA;

BACK PAIN; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; KYPHOSIS; MALE; SOCCER; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549165189     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318198c60cXXX     Document Type: Article

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