Indirect Foraminal Decompression Is Independent of Metabolically Active Facet Arthropathy in Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion

M. Malham, Gregory; M. Parker, Rhiannon; Goss, Ben; M. Blecher, Carl; Ballok, Zita

doi:10.1097/brs.0000000000000551

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Indirect Foraminal Decompression Is Independent of Metabolically Active Facet Arthropathy in Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion

Published in Spine • Aug 6, 2014

Authors:

Gregory M. Malham

Rhiannon M. Parker

Ben Goss

Abstract

In Brief Study Design. Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected, nonrandomized radiographical data. Objective. To examine the relationship between the presence of preoperative metabolically active facet arthropathy (FA) and the amount of indirect foraminal decompression gained after extreme...

Subject

Medicine

Decompression

Arthropathy

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