Does alendronate disturb the healing process of posterior lumbar interbody fusion? A prospective randomized trial

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 500-507

  Nagahama, Ken ^a   Kanayama, Masahiro ^a   Togawa, Daisuke ^a   Hashimoto, Tomoyuki ^a   Minami, Akio ^b  

^a HAKODATE CENTRAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alendronate; Bisphosphonates; Posterior lumbar interbody fusion; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; ALFACALCIDOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE TURNOVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PEDICLE SCREW; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALENDRONATE; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOGENESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79953867915     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.11.SPINE10245     Document Type: Article

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