Effect of sagittal spinal balance, levels of posterior instrumentation, and length of follow-up on low back pain in patients undergoing posterior decompression and instrumented fusion for degenerative lumbar spine disease: A multifactorial analysis

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 898-905

  Korovessis, Panagiotis ^a   Repantis, Thomas ^a   Papazisis, Zisis ^a   Iliopoulos, Panagiotis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Degenerative lumbar spine disease; Instrumented fusion; Low back pain; Sagittal balance; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECOMPRESSION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMETER; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; CAUSALITY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RADIOLOGY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL CURVATURES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951937269     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181d51e84     Document Type: Article

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