The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 12 , Pages 987-994 , December 2009

Sex life and sexual function in men and women before and after total disc replacement compared with posterior lumbar fusion

  • Svante Berg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Stockholm Spine Center, Löwenströmska Hospital, SE-19489, Upplands Väsby, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Stockholm Spine Center, Löwenströmska Hospital, SE-19489, Upplands Väsby, Stockholm, Sweden. Tel.: (46) 707-282040; fax: (46) 171-412242.
    • ,
  • Peter Fritzell, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Falu Hospital, S-791 82 Falun, Sweden
    • ,
  • Hans Tropp, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Linköping University Hospital, S-581 85 Linköping, Sweden

Received 9 February 2009 ,Revised 29 June 2009 ,Accepted 27 August 2009.

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 Author disclosures: none.

PII: S1529-9430(09)00842-0

doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2009.08.454

The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 12 , Pages 987-994 , December 2009

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