Lumbar Fusion and Stabilization

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. Principles of Lumbar Fusion and Stabilization

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Biomechanics of Lumbar Spine Instability

      • Manohar M. Panjabi

      Pages 3-9

   3. The Myth of Solid Posterior Lateral Fusion

      • James Zucherman, Steven Brack, Ken Y. Hsu, William Shea

      Pages 10-15

   4. Radiological Evidence of Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

      • Paul M. Lin

      Pages 16-21

3. To Fuse or Not To Fuse?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23

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   2. Determination of Segmental Instability

      1. The Role of External Fixation as a Predictor of Fusion Success

         • David W. Lyon, David J. Hall, Robert C. Mulholland, John K. Webb

         Pages 25-34

      2. Assessment of Segmental Spinal Instability Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging

         • Tomoaki Toyone, Hideshige Moriya, Hiroshi Kitahara, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Masatsune Yamagata, Masazumi Murakami et al.

         Pages 35-44

      3. Intraoperative Measurement of Lumbar Spinal Stiffness

         • Sohei Ebara, Masao Tanaka, Yoshiharu Morimoto, Takeo Harada, Noboru Hosono, Kazuo Yonenobu et al.

         Pages 45-53

   3. The Merits and Demerits of Lumbar Fusion

      1. The Long-Term Effect of Lumbar Spine Fusion: Deterioration of Adjacent Motion Segments

         • Ken Y. Hsu, James Zucherman, Arthur White

         Pages 54-64

      2. A Critical Analysis of Motion of the Lumbar Spine Adjacent to an Interbody Fusion: A Clinical Radiological Study and Biomechanical Cadaveric Study

         • K. D. K. Luk, D. H. K. Chow, J. C. Y. Leong, J. Evans

         Pages 65-71

      3. Anterior Interbody Fusion for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: The Long-Term Clinical Results

         • Kazuhisa Takahashi, Hiroshi Kitahara, Masatsune Yamagata, Masazumi Murakami, Masaya Mimura, Hideshige Moriya

         Pages 72-77

      4. Clinical Results of Lumbar Fusion for Heavy Workers with Lumbar Disk Herniation

         • Shunji Matsunaga, Takashi Sakou, Kazunori Yone, Eiji Taketomi, Tamotsu Morimoto, Kosei Ijiri

         Pages 78-85

   4. Multi-Segmental Spondylosis

      1. Multi-Segmental Spondylosis: An Overview of Presentations at the Fifth International Conference on Lumbar Fusion and Stabilization

         • J. Kostuik

         Pages 86-91

      2. Patient Selection for Stabilization of Multisegmental Spondylosis

         • Walter Dick, Heinz Widmer, Vincent J. Leone

         Pages 92-97

      3. A Clinical Study of Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis

         • Myung-Sang Moon, Kyu-Sung Lee, Chong-In Lim, Young-Bum Kim, Heon-Sang Lee

         Pages 98-112

      4. Surgical Management of Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis

         • Yoshiaki Toyama

         Pages 113-125

      5. Treatment of Multilevel Anterior and Retrolisthesis of the Lumbosacral Spine

         • Paul Enker, Arthur D. Steffee, Louis Keppler, Robert S. Biscup, Scot D. Miller

         Pages 126-134

      6. Posterior Stabilization for Lumbar Degenerative Kyphosis: In Situ Fusion in Maximum Extension on Hall’s Frame

         • Osamu Nakai, Isakichi Yamaura, Yoshiro Kurosa, Hiromichi Komori, Atsushi Ookawa, Hiroshi Sakai et al.

         Pages 135-149

      7. Operative Treatment of Lumbar Degenerative Kyphosis

         • Yoshiharu Takemitsu, Yuji Atsuta, Yuki Kamo, Toshihito Iwahara, Osamu Sugawara, Yoshio Harada et al.

         Pages 150-159

Lumbar spine or back pain is one of the most important problems in orthopedics and neurosurgery today. Two key ways of treating this malady, lumbar fusion and stabilization, are critically discussed in the forty-three papers in this volume. They represent the best of the contributions to the 5th ICLFS, carefully selected and edited to give a good overview of recent knowledge and the state of the art.

• Orthopedic Surgery
• Spine Surgery
• biomechanics
• decompression
• instability
• lumbar fusion
• neurosurgery
• stabilization

• Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Labor Welfare Corporation, Kansai Rosai Hospital, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan

  Kazuo Yonenobu

• Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan

  Keiro Ono

• Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan

  Yoshiharu Takemitsu

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