MRI measurement of neuroforaminal dimension at the index and supradjacent levels after anterior lumbar interbody fusion: A prospective study

Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-54

  Cho, Woojin ^a   Sokolowski, Mark J ^a   Mehbod, Amir A ^a   Denis, Francis ^a   Garvey, Timothy A ^a   Perl, John ^b   Transfeldt, Ensor E ^a  

^a TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

^b ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior interbody fusion; Index level; Magnetic resonance imaging; Prospective studies; Supradjacent level

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORAMINOTOMY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROFORAMINAL DIMENSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDICLE SCREW; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANTERIOR INTERBODY FUSION; INDEX LEVEL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPRADJACENT LEVEL;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 84875719635     PISSN: 2005291X     EISSN: 20054408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4055/cios.2013.5.1.49     Document Type: Article

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