Current strategies for the restoration of adequate lordosis during lumbar fusion

World Journal of Orthopedics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 117-126

  Barrey, Cédric ^a   Darnis, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Lumbar lordosis; Pelvis incidence; Pelvis shape; Sagittal balance; Spinal fusion; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921521950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22185836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5312/wjo.v6.i1.117     Document Type: Article

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