title: Spinal fusion in degenerative disc disease.
abstract: Low back pain caused by degenerative disc disease is of such intensity in a low percentage of cases that surgery is indicated. Surgery must not only stabilize, but it must above all correct the deformity, recovering the disc space. Among all of the methods available circumferential fusion with a double combined approach, that is, anterior and posterior, is held to be the most effective.
authors.affiliation: 1a Clinica Ortopedica, Università, C.T.O., Torino.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gallinaro
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Indemini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tabasso
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abbate
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods*