title: Spinal instrumentation for degenerative disease of the lumbar spine.
abstract: Instrumentation for spinal implant is currently changing more rapidly than at any previous period in its 100-year history. At present, the most common indication for spinal instrumentation is degenerative disease of the lumbar spine, which can be roughly categorized as of three kinds: herniated lumbar disks, spondylolisthesis, and spinal stenosis. The literature on indications for arthrodesis is reviewed. A brief summary of the approach and type of instrumentation available for the lumbar spine is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY 10029.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sundaresan
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016268:Internal Fixators; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D013168:Spondylolisthesis / Q000601:surgery