The effects of anterior vacuum disc on surgical outcomes of degenerative versus spondylolytic spondylolisthesis: At a minimum two-year follow-up

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lin, Tung Yi ^a   Liao, Jen Chung ^a   Tsai, Tsung Ting ^a   Lu, Tsung Ting ^a   Niu, Chi Chien ^a   Chen, Wen Jer ^a   Chen, Lih Hui ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Degenerative spondylolisthesis; Disc vacuum phenomenon; Isthmic spondylolisthesis; Posterior instrumentation; Posterolateral fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR VACUUM DISK; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOLYSIS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM;

EID: 84929129564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-15-329     Document Type: Article

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