title: Analysis of circumferential lumbar fusion outcome in the treatment of degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine.
abstract: This study reviews the results of circumferential fusion in patients with degenerative disc disease who are at high risk for achieving spinal fusion. The fusion rate was 100% and the satisfactory clinical outcome slightly more than 50% in a patient population known to have high risk factors for a poor outcome.
authors.affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Gertzbein
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hollopeter
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000601:surgery*; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008161:Lumbosacral Region / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous