Knox BD; Chapman TM

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte.

J Spinal Disord 1993 Jun;6(3):242-4

PMID: 8347975 UI: 93350386

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.

Intervertebral Disk Displacement/*surgery
Low Back Pain/*etiology
Lumbar Vertebrae/*surgery
Spinal Fusion/*methods

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

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