Anterior stand-alone fusion revisited: a prospective clinical, X-ray and CT investigation

Autor: Alexander Krenauer, Ulrike Szeimies, Katrin Stosch-Wiechert, Franziska Heider, Phat Amnajtrakul, Wolfgang Hitzl, Axel Stäbler, H. Michael Mayer, Christoph J. Siepe
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: European Spine Journal. 24:838-851
ISSN: 1432-0932
0940-6719
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-014-3642-y
Popis: Purpose The purpose of this study was to assess the mid-term clinical and radiological results as well as patient safety in terms of complication and reoperation rates in patients treated with a novel anterior stand-alone fusion (ASAF) device (Synfix-LR, DePuy Synthes, West Chester, PA, USA) in a cohort of patients with predominant and intractable low back pain originating from monosegmental degenerative disc disease at the lumbosacral junction.
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