Comparative Study of Iliac Bone Graft and Carbon Cage with Local Bone Graft in Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

We performed a comparative study of iliac bone graft (the iliac bone group) and carbon cage with local bone graft (the cage group) in PLIF to evaluate the clinical results of both methods. We examined both groups about the operating time, the estimated blood loss, the operative results using the sco...

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Main Authors: Yasuhisa Arai, Masaki Takahashi, Hisashi Kurosawa, Katsuo Shitoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2002-06-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/230949900201000102