Comparative study of unilateral and bilateral pedicle screw fixation in posterior lumbar interbody fusion

Orthopedics

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Xie, Youzhuan ^a   Ma, Hui ^b   Li, Hua ^a   Ding, Wei ^a   Zhao, Changqing ^a   Zhang, Pu ^a   Zhao, Jie ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BILATERAL PEDICLE SCREW FIXATION; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DURAL SAC LACERATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FUSION RATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPANESE ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATION SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SPINE DISEASE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TRANSIENT MOTOR WEAKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNILATERAL PEDICLE SCREW FIXATION; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867551516     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20120919-22     Document Type: Article

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