Both unilateral and bilateral pedicle screw fixation are effective for lumbar spinal fusion-A meta-analysis-based systematic review

Journal of Orthopaedic Translation

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 66-74

  Luo, Jiaquan ^a   Gong, Min ^a   Gao, Manman ^a   Huang, Sheng ^a   Yu, Ting ^a   Zou, Xuenong ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Lumbar vertebrae; Meta analysis; Screw fixation; Spinal fusion; Unilateral pedicle

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; PEDICLE SCREW FIXATION DEVICE; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SPINE FUSION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84962913972     PISSN: 2214031X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jot.2014.03.001     Document Type: Review

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