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DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION IN SPINAL FUSION
Author(s) -
A F Dwyer,
G G Wickham
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1974.tb50762.x
Subject(s) - stimulation , information retrieval , lumbosacral joint , citation , spinal fusion , medicine , current (fluid) , computer science , fusion , psychology , neuroscience , surgery , world wide web , linguistics , engineering , electrical engineering , philosophy
An implanted direct current stimulator has been employed in 12 cases of lumbosacral spinal fusion. Fusion was successfully initiated in 11 cases. Stimulator failure occurred in one case. Radiographic follow up has demonstrated maturation of osteogenesis to a firm metaplastic fusion.