Summary
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.
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Cinq malades présentant un spondylolisthésis symptomatique ont été traités par arthrodèse du rachis et stimulation électrique. La fusion a été obtenue en dix semaines et les opérés ont pu reprendre une activité normale. Le stimulateur à électrodes implantées paraît donc déterminer une fusion osseuse rapide.
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Nerubay, J., Katznelson, A. Clinical evaluation of an electrical current stimulator in spinal fusions. International Orthopaedics 7, 239–242 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00266834
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