Uninstrumented Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion-Evidence Based or Matter of Habit? Perspective Statement

Reza Akhavan-Sigari; Veit Rohde; Srinivas K Prasad; Payman Vahedi

doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.05.042

Uninstrumented Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion-Evidence Based or Matter of Habit? Perspective Statement

World Neurosurg. 2018 Jul:115:506-508. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.05.042. Epub 2018 May 15.

Authors

Reza Akhavan-Sigari¹, Veit Rohde², Srinivas K Prasad³, Payman Vahedi³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
³ Department of Neurological Surgery, Division of Spine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

PMID: 29775767
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.05.042

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Keywords: Economic/Functional Clinical Outcome Scale; Ethylene oxide–sterilized allograft bone; Industrial injuries; Lumbar fusion; Lumbar instability; PLIF; Posterior lumbar interbody fusion; Prolo Outcome Scale.

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MeSH terms

Habits
Lumbar Vertebrae
Lumbosacral Region*
Spinal Fusion*
Treatment Outcome