Posterior lumbar interbody fusion: Comparison of single intervertebral cage and single side pedicle screw fixation versus bilateral cages and screw fixation

Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 132-136

  Moreland, D B ^a,b   Asch, H L ^a,b   Czajka, G A ^a   Overkamp, J A ^a   Sitzman, D M ^a  

^a Buffalo Neurosurgery Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive; Pedicle screws; PLIF; Single side fusion

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BILATERAL CAGE AND SCREW FIXATION; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDICLE SCREW; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SINGLE INTERVERTEBRAL CAGE AND SINGLE SIDE PEDICLE SCREW FIXATION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69949126515     PISSN: 09467211     EISSN: 14392291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1224097     Document Type: Article

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