Evidence-based surgical management of spondylolisthesis: Reduction or arthrodesis in situ

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-58

  Longo, Umile Giuseppe ^a   Loppini, Mattia ^a   Romeo, Giovanni ^a   Maffulli, Nicola ^b   Denaro, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODESIS; CINAHL; DATA EXTRACTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DUODENUM OBSTRUCTION; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN THROMBOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREATITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROGRADE EJACULATION; REVIEW; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSIENT RETROGRADE EJACULATION; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WOUND INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHRODESIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84894301108     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.L.01012     Document Type: Review

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