Clinical evaluation of an electrical current stimulator in spinal fusions.
Five patients with spondylolisthesis which caused symptoms were treated by spinal fusion and direct current bone-growth stimulation. After ten weeks bony fusion was observed and the patients returned to their normal activities. The implanted stimulator appears to promote early fusion.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013168:Spondylolisthesis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*