title: Debate: to fuse or not to fuse to the sacrum, the fate of the L5-S1 disc.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA. pollydw@umn.edu
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Polly
authors.forename: Christopher L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Hamill
authors.forename: Keith H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Bridwell
mesh_terms: D017586:Diskectomy / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery*; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011859:Radiography; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology; D012086:Reoperation; D012447:Sacrum / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery*; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D017211:Treatment Failure