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We herewith report on our experience with dorsal, intercorporal fusion of the lumbar spine, according to Cloward, that has been performed on twenty-five cases from 1974 to 1980. The most suitable indication for this procedure has proved to be acute herniated disc, and spinal stenosis, whereas less favourable results have been obtained in cases with spondylolisthesis and spondylitis. In ten cases a pseudarthrosis developed. The report discusses whether the period of postoperative immobilisation by means of a plaster bed or plaster cast, or other factors such as a well vascularised graft substrate, or intercorporal compression, are of prime importance in affecting successful fusion. The method is still employed but now only in combination with stabilising metallic implants.
K Uehlinger, and
N Walker
November 1994,
Ugeskrift for laeger,
K Uehlinger, and
N Walker
July 1968,
Zeitschrift fur Orthopadie und ihre Grenzgebiete,
K Uehlinger, and
N Walker
January 1989,
Zeitschrift fur Orthopadie und ihre Grenzgebiete,
K Uehlinger, and
N Walker
January 1986,
Zeitschrift fur Orthopadie und ihre Grenzgebiete,
K Uehlinger, and
N Walker
February 1977,
Beitrage zur Orthopadie und Traumatologie,
K Uehlinger, and
N Walker
January 1986,
Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie,
K Uehlinger, and
N Walker
September 1994,
Ugeskrift for laeger,
K Uehlinger, and
N Walker
July 1976,
Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946),
K Uehlinger, and
N Walker
August 1985,
Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica,
K Uehlinger, and
N Walker
February 1987,
Der Orthopade,
