Lumbar facet cyst resolution following anterior interbody fusion

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1771-1773

  Massey, Gene M ^a   Caputo, Adam M ^a   Michael, Keith W ^a   Isaacs, Robert E ^a   Brown, Christopher R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Degenerative spondylolisthesis; Extreme lateral interbody fusion; Facet ablation; Zygapophysial cyst

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLAUDICATION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FORAMINAL STENOSIS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR FACET CYST; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADICULOPATHY; SCOLIOSIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNOVIAL CYST; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; CYST; DEGENERATIVE SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; EXTREME LATERAL INTERBODY FUSION; FACET ABLATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT; ZYGAPOPHYSIAL CYST;

DEGENERATIVE SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; EXTREME LATERAL INTERBODY FUSION; FACET ABLATION; ZYGAPOPHYSIAL CYST;

CYSTS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 85027936865     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2012.12.021     Document Type: Article

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