Salah Ahangar, Mojtaba

Resident in Neurosurgery, Student Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

[ 1 ] - Comparing the Effect of Alendronate and Vitamin D Administration on Lumbosacral Fusion and Severity of Low Back Pain in Patients After Posterior Lumbar Fusion Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Background and purpose: Bone fusion is a dynamic process and availability of calcium and balance of vitamin D can be effective in post spinal cord fusion. There are contradictory results on this issue, so, we decided to compare the effect of administration of vitamin D and alendronate on lumbosacral vertebral fusion in patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion surgery. Materials and methods:...