Increased incidence of pseudarthrosis after unilateral instrumented transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in patients with lumbar spondylosis

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 601-607

  Gologorsky, Yakov ^a   Skovrlj, Branko ^a   Steinberger, Jeremy ^a   Moore, Max ^a   Arginteanu, Marc ^a   Moore, Frank ^a   Steinberger, Alfred ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical outcomes; Lumbar; Pseudarthrosis; SF 36; TLIF; Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR SPONDYLOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGEON; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PEDICLE SCREW; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REOPERATION; SHORT FORM 36; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; TOBACCO USE; TRANSFORAMINAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INCIDENCE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84907873659     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.6.SPINE13488     Document Type: Article

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