Posterior dynamic stabilization of the lumbar spine with the Accuflex rod system as a stand-alone device: Experience in 20 patients with 2-year follow-up

European Spine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2164-2170

  Reyes Sánchez, Alejandro ^a   Zárate Kalfópulos, Barón ^a   Raḿrez Mora, Isabel ^a   Rosales Olivarez, Luis Miguel ^a   Alpizar Aguirre, Armando ^a   Sánchez Bringas, Guadalupe ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE REHABILITACIÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Disk herniation; Disk regeneration; Dynamic rods; Dynamic spine stabilization; Spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952681744     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-010-1417-7     Document Type: Article

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