Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) versus posterolateral instrumented fusion (PLF) in degenerative lumbar disorders: A randomized clinical trial with 2-year follow-up

European Spine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2022-2029

  Høy, Kristian ^a   Bünger, Cody ^a   Niederman, Bent ^a   Helmig, Peter ^a   Hansen, Ebbe Stender ^a   Li, Haisheng ^a   Andersen, Thomas ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Lumbar interbody fusion; Prospective; RCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG PAIN; LEISURE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTEROLATERAL INSTRUMENTED FUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; TRANSFORAMINAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885324406     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-013-2760-2     Document Type: Article

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