The BioFlex System as a dynamic stabilization device: Does it preserve lumbar motion?

Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 431-436

  Zhang, Ho Yeol ^a   Park, Jeong Yoon ^a   Cho, Bo Young ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

BioFlex; Degenerative spondylolisthesis; Dynamic stabilization; Lumbar stenosis; Segmental instability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION;

EID: 73649138916     PISSN: 20053711     EISSN: 15987876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3340/jkns.2009.46.5.431     Document Type: Article

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