The Spine Journal
Volume 7, Issue 5 , Pages 547-551 , September 2007

Clinical outcomes in older patients after posterolateral lumbar fusion

Received 7 July 2006 ,Accepted 1 November 2006.

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 FDA device/drug status: not applicable.Authors acknowledge a financial relationship (Medtronic Sofamor Danek), which may indirectly relate to the subject of this research.

PII: S1529-9430(06)01020-5

doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2006.11.003

The Spine Journal
Volume 7, Issue 5 , Pages 547-551 , September 2007

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