A prospective, randomized, blinded, single-site study to evaluate the clinical and radiographic differences between frozen and freeze-dried allograft when used as part of a circumferential anterior lumbar interbody fusion procedure

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1251-1256

  Thalgott, John S ^a,c   Fogarty, Madilyne E ^a   Giuffre, James M ^c   Christenson, Stephani D ^c   Epstein, Alexandra K ^c   Aprill, Charles ^b  

^a International Spinal Development and Research Foundation   (United States)

^b Magnolia Diagnostics   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Alif; Allograft; Autograft alternatives; Degenerative disc disease; Lumbar fusion

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZE DRYING; GRAFT PRESERVATION; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRYOPRESERVATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMUR; FREEZE DRYING; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPINAL FUSION; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651174468     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181a005d7     Document Type: Article

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