Cone-beam CT to assess bony fusion following anterior cervical interbody fusion
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Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
Historical Background Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) was first used AQ1 in the treatment of tuberculosis and lumbar spondylolis-thesis. 1−3 Although described by Capener 4 in 1932 as the " ideal'' operation for spondylolisthesis, he further elaborated that " the technical difficulties of such procedure, however, preclude their trial.'' This statement was soon to be proven wrong by nume...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Spine Journal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0940-6719,1432-0932
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-015-4248-8