Stand-alone cage for posterior lumbar interbody fusion in the treatment of high-degree degenerative disc disease: Design of a new device for an "old" technique. a prospective study on a series of 116 patients

European Spine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Costa, Francesco ^a   Sassi, Marco ^a   Ortolina, Alessandro ^a   Cardia, Andrea ^a   Assietti, Roberto ^b   Zerbi, Alberto ^a   Lorenzetti, Martin ^a   Galbusera, Fabio ^a   Fornari, Maurizio ^a  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

^b FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Discopathy; Fusion; Interbody arthrodesis; Interbody technique; Posterior spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LUMBAR DISCOPATHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE; FLEXION EXTENSION RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR INTERBODY CAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLO ECONOMIC AND FUNCTIONAL SCALE; RADIOGRAPHY; RATING SCALE; SPINE FUSION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79956289366     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-1755-0     Document Type: Article

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