Should smoking habit dictate the fusion technique?

European Spine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 629-634

  Luca, A ^a   Mannion, A F ^a   Grob, D ^a  

^a SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Degenerative lumbar disease; Transforaminal interbody fusion; Translaminar screw fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; TRANSFORAMINAL INTERBODY FUSION; TRANSLAMINAR SCREW FIXATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956217442     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-010-1594-4     Document Type: Article

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