Posterior interbody fusion using laminectomy bone and transpedicular screw fixation in the treatment of lumbar spondylolisthesis

• Published in: Surgical neurology Vol. 53; no. 1; pp. 2 - 7
• Main Authors: Csécsei, György I, Klekner, Álmos P, Dobai, József, Lajgut, Attila, Sikula, Judit
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 2000
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Bone Screws; Bone Transplantation; Female; Humans; interbody fusion; Laminectomy; laminectomy bone; Lumbar Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging; Lumbar Vertebrae - surgery; Male; Middle Aged; PLIF; posterolateral fusion; Prospective Studies; Radiography; Spinal Fusion - methods; Spondylolisthesis - diagnostic imaging; Spondylolisthesis - surgery; Treatment Outcome; posterolateral fusion; interbody fusion; PLIF; laminectomy bone

BACKGROUND Laminectomy bone is used widely in posterolateral lumbar fusion, but not interbody fusion. No prospective evaluation of interbody fusion using bone grafts from the posterior neural arch in spondylolisthesis has been found in the literature. We prospectively studied series of patients oper...