Unilateral versus bilateral pedicle screw fixation in lumbar interbody fusion: A meta-analysis of complication and fusion rate

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 117, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-32

  Yuan, Chaoqun ^a,b   Chen, Kai ^a,b   Zhang, Hailong ^a   Zhang, Hanyu ^b   He, Shisheng ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cage migration; Complication; Fusion rate; Lumbar interbody fusion; Meta analysis; Unilateral or bilateral fixation

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL PEDICLE SCREW FIXATION; CAGE MIGRATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAPANESE ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION SCORE; LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; META ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHORT FORM 36; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; UNILATERAL PEDICLE SCREW FIXATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CAGE MIGRATION; COMPLICATION; FUSION RATE; LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; META-ANALYSIS; UNILATERAL OR BILATERAL FIXATION;

BONE SCREWS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890899514     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2013.11.016     Document Type: Review

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