Patient perception of outcomes following failed spinal instrumentation with polyetheretherketone rods and titanium rods

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2010, Pages

  Sarbello, John F ^a   Lipman, Adam J ^a   Hong, Joseph ^a   Lawrence, James ^a   Bessey, Jason T ^a   Ponnappan, Ravi K ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

instrumentation; PEEK; polyetheretherketone; titanium rod

Indexed keywords

POLYETHERETHERKETONE; TITANIUM;

ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; ETHICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOCICEPTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCEPTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

HUMANS; KETONES; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PERCEPTION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL FUSION; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955468794     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181d95316     Document Type: Article

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