Radiographic and clinical outcome after 1- and 2-level transsacral axial interbody fusion

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 454-463

  Hofstetter, Christoph P ^a   Shin, Benjamin ^a   Tsiouris, Apostolos John ^a   Elowitz, Eric ^a   Härt, Roger ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

AxiaLIF device; Lumbar fusion; Presacral approach; Pseudarthrosis; Sagittal alignment; Segmental lordosis; Transsacral rod

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COBB ANGLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LORDOSIS; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSACRAL AXIAL INTERBODY FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; X RAY FILM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885409786     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.6.SPINE12282     Document Type: Article

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