Examining risk factors for posterior migration of fusion cages following transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: A possible limitation of unilateral pedicle screw fixation

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 381-387

  Aoki, Yasuchika ^a,e   Yamagata, Masatsune ^a   Nakajima, Fumitake ^a,e   Ikeda, Yoshikazu ^a   Shimizu, Koh ^a   Yoshihara, Masakazu ^a   Iwasaki, Junichi ^a   Toyone, Tomoaki ^c   Nakagawa, Koichi ^b,e   Nakajima, Arata ^d   Takahashi, Kazuhisa ^b   Ohtori, Seiji ^b  

^a CHIBA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY CHIBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d Chiba Aoba Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^e TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cage migration; Risk factor; Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion; Unilateral pedicle screw fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUSION CAGE MIGRATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSFORAMINAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; BONE SCREW; DEVICES; FRACTURE FIXATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL DISEASES; TIME;

BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL FIXATION DEVICES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956399612     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.3.SPINE09590     Document Type: Article

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