Short fusion and long fusion for degenerative lumbar scoliosis with lumbar stenosis

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 92, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 1751-1755

  Liu, Zhou ^a   Zhao, Qing Hua ^b   Wu, Xing Zhou ^a   Song, Rui ^a   Yuan, Gen ^a   Tian, Ji Wei ^b  

^a Fuyang Cancer Hospital   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Decompression; Scoliosis; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEGENERATIVE LUMBAR SPINAL SCOLIOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG FUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOLIOSIS; SHORT FUSION; SPINE FUSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84869217289     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2012.25.007     Document Type: Article

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