Extension CT scan: Its suitability for assessing fusion after posterior lumbar interbody fusion

European Spine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1496-1502

  Nakashima, Hiroaki ^a   Yukawa, Yasutsugu ^b   Ito, Keigo ^b   Horie, Yumiko ^b   MacHino, Masaaki ^b   Kanbara, Shunsuke ^b   Morita, Daigo ^b   Imagama, Shiro ^a   Ishiguro, Naoki ^a   Kato, Fumihiko ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b CHUBU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extension CT; Flexion extension radiograph; Fusion rate; Interbody fusion; Radiographic assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOLYTIC SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855195184     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-1739-0     Document Type: Article

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