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8739936

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-10-25
pubmed:abstractText
We reviewed 41 working-age adults with lumbosacral spondylarthrosis treated by posterolateral spinal fusion using transpedicular instrumentation. The fusion indication was a long-standing, intractable low-back and/or radiating pain, resistant to conservative treatment, without any radiological evidence or disc herniation or spinal stenosis. All patients were evaluated for their post-treatment employment status. The patients were followed up until they had either returned to work or received a permanent disability pension. Only 15 patients out of 41 returned to work after an average postoperative sick leave of seven months. A proper selection of patients is mandatory when this kind of resource-consuming spinal surgery is practised.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0355-9521
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
85
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
63-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Return to work after posterolateral fusion with transpedicular instrumentation for spondylarthrosis of the lumbosacral spine.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article