Results after anterior-posterior lumbar spinal fusion: 2-5 Years follow-up

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 298-302

  Niemeyer, Thomas ^a   Bövingloh, Albert Schulze ^a   Halm, Henry ^b   Liljenqvist, Ulf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Neustadt   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; AUTOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CHRONIC PAIN; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8644281060     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-004-0577-7     Document Type: Review

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