Mid- to long-term results of total lumbar disc replacement: A prospective analysis with 5- to 10-year follow-up

Spine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1417-1431

  Siepe, Christoph J ^a   Heider, Franziska ^a   Wiechert, Karsten ^b   Hitzl, Wolfgang ^c   Ishak, Basem ^d   Mayer, Michael H ^a  

^a Schön Klinik Munich Harlaching Spine Center Academic Teaching Hospital of the Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg AU   (Germany)

^b Hessingpark Clinic GmbH   (Germany)

^c PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Artificial disc; Complications; Disc replacement; Long term results; Lumbar spine; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUMBAR DISC REPLACEMENT; LUMBAR DISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; SCIENTIST; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG ADULT; COMPLICATION; FOLLOW UP; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905435506     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.08.028     Document Type: Article

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