Unilateral versus bilateral percutaneous pedicle screw fixation in minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Choi, Un Yong ^a   Park, Jeong Yoon ^a   Kim, Kyung Hyun ^a   Kuh, Sung Uk ^a   Chin, Dong Kyu ^a   Kim, Keun Su ^a   Cho, Yong Eun ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Degenerative disc; Minimally invasive; Pedicle screw; Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84884372581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.2.FOCUS12398     Document Type: Article

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