Debate: to fuse or not to fuse to the sacrum, the fate of the L5-S1 disc

Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2006 Sep 1;31(19 Suppl):S179-84. doi: 10.1097/01.brs.0000234761.87368.ee.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diskectomy / methods
  • Diskectomy / standards*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intervertebral Disc / anatomy & histology
  • Intervertebral Disc / physiology
  • Intervertebral Disc / surgery*
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / etiology
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / physiopathology
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / prevention & control
  • Low Back Pain / etiology
  • Low Back Pain / physiopathology
  • Low Back Pain / prevention & control
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / pathology
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / surgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology
  • Postoperative Complications / physiopathology
  • Postoperative Complications / prevention & control
  • Radiography
  • Range of Motion, Articular / physiology
  • Reoperation
  • Sacrum / anatomy & histology
  • Sacrum / surgery*
  • Scoliosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Scoliosis / physiopathology
  • Scoliosis / surgery*
  • Spinal Fusion / methods
  • Spinal Fusion / standards*
  • Treatment Failure