The Spine Journal
Volume 10, Issue 5 , Pages 404-409 , May 2010

Minimally invasive anterior lumbar interbody fusion followed by percutaneous pedicle screw fixation for isthmic spondylolisthesis: minimum 5-year follow-up

  • Jin-Sung Kim, MD
    • ,
  • Won Gyu Choi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neurosurgery, Wooridul Spine Hospital, 47-4 Chungdam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea. Tel.: (82) 2-513-8150; fax: (82) 2-513-8146.
    • ,
  • Sang-Ho Lee, MD, PhD

Received 29 October 2009 ,Revised 15 January 2010 ,Accepted 18 February 2010.

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 Author disclosures: none.

PII: S1529-9430(10)00127-0

doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2010.02.022

The Spine Journal
Volume 10, Issue 5 , Pages 404-409 , May 2010

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