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Ann Thorac Surg 1996;62:822-823
© 1996 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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DR ROHINTON K. BALSARA (Philadelphia, PA): Can you tell us how many disks you took out in each patient, and did you do posterior fusion at the same time or at a later stage?

DR POLLOCK: The number of disks was different depending on the patient and the amount of stiffness the spine had preoperatively. Four to six disks per patient was usual. All patients had concomitant posterior instrumentation in the same operative setting in both groups. Staged anterior release with later posterior fusion is a very unusual procedure at our institution and did not occur during the study.

DR BALSARA: And all patients went home in 4 days?

DR POLLOCK: Four days was the mean postoperative length of stay. The vast majority of patients had a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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