Unilateral pedicle screw fixation through a tubular retractor via the Wiltse approach compared with conventional bilateral pedicle screw fixation for single-segment degenerative lumbar instability: A prospective randomized study: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-59

  Dong, Jianwen ^a   Rong, Limin ^a   Feng, Feng ^a   Liu, Bin ^a   Xu, Yichun ^a   Wang, Qiyou ^a   Chen, Ruiqiang ^a   Xie, Peigen ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Degenerative lumbar instability; Minimally invasive surgery; Posterior lumbar interbody fusion; Unilateral pedicle screw fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE LUMBAR INSTABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPANESE ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION SCORE; LEG PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATION DURATION; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDICLE SCREW FIXATION DEVICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETRACTOR; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE SURGERY; TUBULAR RETRACTOR; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WILTSE APPROACH;

EID: 84892428707     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.9.SPINE1392     Document Type: Article

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