External transpedicular fixation test of the lumbar spine correlates with the outcome of subsequent lumbar fusion

External transpedicular fixation was applied to the lower lumbar spine in a prospective study on 42 patients with chronic low back pain combined with suspected instability of the lumbar segments; the diagnosis was failed disk surgery, spondylolisthesis, and degenerative disk disease. The aim was to...

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