Radiographic and clinical evaluation of cage subsidence after stand-alone lateral interbody fusion

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 110-118

  Marchi, Luis ^a,b   Abdala, Nitamar ^a   Oliveira, Leonardo ^b   Amaral, Rodrigo ^b   Coutinho, Etevaldo ^b   Pimenta, Luiz ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Patologia da Coluna ^*  (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthrodesis; Complication; Lumbar fusion; Minimally invasive; Spinal fusion; Spine; XLIF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEIGHT; HUMAN; LORDOSIS; MALE; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REOPERATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL FIXATORS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880067664     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.4.SPINE12319     Document Type: Article

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