Outcomes of anterior lumbar Interbody fusion surgery based on indication: A prospective study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 7-23

  Rao, Prashanth J ^a,b,c   Loganathan, Ajanthan ^a,c   Yeung, Vivian ^a,c   Mobbs, Ralph J ^a,b,c  

^a PRINCE OF WALES PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anterior lumbar interbody fusion; Degenerative disk disease; Indications; Scoliosis; Spinal fusion; Spondylolisthesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULOPATHY; RETROGRADE EJACULATION; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SHORT FORM 12; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; BACK PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PROCEDURES; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84926116725     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: 15244040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000561     Document Type: Review

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