Long-term clinical and radiological outcomes following stand-alone PLIF surgery using expandable cylindrical threaded cages in patients with degenerative lumbar spine disease

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 153, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1409-1416

  Park, Jin Hoon ^a   Roh, Sung Woo ^a,b  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Expandable threaded cages; PLIF; Posterior lumbar interbody fusion; Pseudoarthrosis; Risk factor; Stand alone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEGENERATIVE LUMBAR SPINE DISEASE; DURA MATER TEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUMERIC RATING SCALE; ODOM CRITERIA; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; POSTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; SPINAL HEMATOMA; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THREADED CAGE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; TIME;

EID: 79959568295     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-011-1044-z     Document Type: Article

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