Surgical outcomes of degenerative spondylolisthesis with L5-S1 disc degeneration: Comparison between lumbar floating fusion and lumbosacral fusion at a minimum 5-year follow-up

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 1600-1607

  Liao, Jen Chung ^a   Chen, Wen Jer ^a   Chen, Lih Hui ^a   Niu, Chi Chien ^a   Keorochana, Gun ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adjacent segment disease; degenerative spondylolithesis; disc degeneration; lubosacral fusion; lumbar fl oating fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR FLOATING FUSION; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL FUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDICLE SCREW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LINEAR MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052272058     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181f99e11     Document Type: Article

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