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9333746

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-10-10
pubmed:abstractText
A retrospective study was conducted to compare the results of posterior with combined anterior/posterior lumbar fusion in adults. Seventy-six consecutive posterior cases fused with pedicle screws and 46 combined cases were included and followed for at least 2 years. Subjective assessment was based on the Visual Analogue Scales, Waddel Disability and Impairment Score and the GBB for objective quantification of complaints. Furthermore, a thorough clinical examination was done and X-rays including flexion/ extension radiographs, were taken. Questions were asked about the occupational status as well. Pain decreased significantly more in the combined cases than in the posterior fusion cases. In one case a lesion of the common iliac vein occurred during a retroperitoneal approach. Only about half the patients working preoperatively returned to work again. In conclusion, the benefit of better pain relief after combined fusion must be regarded in relation to a higher complication rate due to a second approach.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0085-4530
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
568-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
[Lumbar fusion in adults--dorsal or combined ventral/dorsal approach?].
pubmed:affiliation
Universitätsklinik fäur Orthopädie, Innsbruck.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, English Abstract