Comparison of the different surgical approaches for lumbar interbody fusion

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 243-251

  Talia, Adrian J ^a   Wong, Michael L ^a   Lau, Hui C ^a   Kaye, Andrew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone graft; Degenerative spinal disease; Minimally invasive surgery; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN;

ANTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATERAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSFORAMINAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; PROCEDURES; SURGERY;

HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 84920599970     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2014.08.008     Document Type: Review

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