The presacral retroperitoneal approach for axial lumbar interbody fusion: A prospective study of clinical outcomes, complications and fusion rates at a follow-up of two years in 26 patients

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 93 B, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 955-960

  Tobler, W D ^a   Ferrara, L A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OrthoKinetic Technologies LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PAIN; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SACRUM; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959552542     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.93B7.25188     Document Type: Article

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