Does fusion status correlate with patient outcomes in lumbar spinal fusion?

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 404-409

  Djurasovic, Mladen ^a,b   Glassman, Steven D ^a,b   Dimar II, John R ^a,b   Howard, Jennifer M ^a,b   Bratcher, Kelly R ^a   Carreon, Leah Y ^a  

^a NORTON LEATHERMAN SPINE CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical outcomes; HRQOL; lumbar fusion; pseudoarthrosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINAL FUSION; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952289214     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181fde2c4     Document Type: Article

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