Results and complications after 2-level axial lumbar interbody fusion with a minimum 2-year follow-up: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 187-192

  Marchi, Luis ^a   Oliveira, Leonardo ^a   Coutinho, Etevaldo ^a   Pimenta, Luiz ^a,b  

^a Instituto de Patologia da Coluna   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial lumbar interbody fusion; Complications; Interbody fusion; Minimally invasive surgery; Presacral access; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXIAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; BLEEDING; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTICEMIA; SPINE FUSION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; SACRUM; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84865835931     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.6.SPINE11915     Document Type: Article

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