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Low back pain. The role of spine fusion
1McClure Musculoskeletal Research Center, Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of Vermont, Burlington.
Neurosurgery Clinics of North America
|October 1, 1991
Abstract:
The major objectives of spinal surgery are to relieve pain, improve function, and correct deformity. The surgical strategies to meet these objectives are decompression of neural elements or surgical stabilization by arthrodesis. This article analyzes spinal fusion from the perspective of indications, the broad principles of surgical technique, the results that can be obtained, and the complications of the procedure.