Lumbar spinal fusion: Outcome in relation to surgical methods, choice of implant and postoperative rehabilitation

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica, Supplement

Volumn 75, Issue 313, 2004, Pages

  Christensen, Finn Bjarke ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYETHYLENE; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; ANXIETY; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BONE SCREW; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DALLAS PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; EMPLOYABILITY; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFECTION; LEG PAIN; LOADING TEST; LOW BACK PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN RATING SCALE; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR LATERAL INTERBODY FUSION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSFORAMINAL LATERAL INTERBODY FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMPLOYMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; MINIPIG; RADIOGRAPHY; SWINE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ANIMALS; BONE SCREWS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL FUSION; STAINLESS STEEL; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7244228090     PISSN: 03008827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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