| Anterior lumbar interbody fusion for discogram concordant pain. | |
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| AUTHOR: | Knox BD; Chapman TM |
| AUTHOR AFFILIATION: | Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte. |
| SOURCE: | J Spinal Disord 1993 Jun;6(3):242-4 |
| CITATION IDS: | PMID: 8347975 UI: 93350386 |
| ABSTRACT: | Twenty-two patients undergoing anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) for discogram concordant low-back pain were retrospectively evaluated by objective criteria. Results were poor in all two-level fusions. Among single-level fusions, there were 35% good, 18% fair, and 47% poor results. Patients with previous surgery or workmen's compensation did poorly as a group despite positive discography. Subjective results were difficult to assess. |
| MAIN MESH HEADINGS: | Intervertebral Disk Displacement/*surgery Low Back Pain/*etiology Lumbar Vertebrae/*surgery Spinal Fusion/*methods |
| ADDITIONAL MESH HEADINGS: | Adult Bone Transplantation Consumer Satisfaction Female Human Intervertebral Disk Displacement/complications Intervertebral Disk Displacement/radiography Male Middle Age Postoperative Complications/etiology Postoperative Complications/surgery Pseudarthrosis/etiology Pseudarthrosis/surgery Questionnaires Retrospective Studies Smoking Treatment Outcome Workers' Compensation |
| PUBLICATION TYPES: | JOURNAL ARTICLE |
| LANGUAGE: | Eng |
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