Transforaminal versus anterior lumbar interbody fusion in long deformity constructs: A matched cohort analysis

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Dorward, Ian G ^a   Lenke, Lawrence G ^a   Bridwell, Keith H ^a   O'Leary, Patrick T ^a   Stoker, Geoffrey E ^a   Pahys, Joshua M ^a   Kang, Matthew M ^a   Sides, Brenda A ^a   Koester, Linda A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult spinal deformity; Anterior lumbar interbody fusion; Outcomes; Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COBB ANGLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OPERATION DURATION; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSFORAMINAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; SCOLIOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879092999     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31828d6ca3     Document Type: Article

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