Surgical treatments for degenerative lumbar scoliosis: a meta analysis

European Spine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1792-1799

  Wang, Guohua ^a   Hu, Jianzhong ^a   Liu, Xiangyang ^b   Cao, Yong ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Complication; Decompression; Degenerative lumbar scoliosis; Instrumentation; Long interbody fusion; Short interbody fusion; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

CLAUDICATION; COBB ANGLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE LUMBAR SCOLIOSIS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NEUROGENIC CLAUDICATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BACK PAIN; COMPLICATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PROCEDURES; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84937977303     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-015-3942-x     Document Type: Review

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