title: Preliminary report of 40 patients. Dorsal spinal fusion with a transpedicular distraction and compression system.
abstract: The authors, over a four-year period, carried out dorsolateral spine fusion with transpedicular fixation in 40 patients. In this preliminary report of the results that were obtained at follow-up, the authors compare three types of fixation used.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Balgrist, Switzerland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schreiber
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suezawa
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Jacob
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D009984:Orthopedic Fixation Devices; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D013168:Spondylolisthesis / Q000601:surgery*