TY - JOUR AU - Ho, Chia-Ning AU - Liao, Jen-Chung AU - Chen, Wen-Jer PY - 2020 DA - 2020/12/05 TI - Instrumented Posterolateral fusion versus instrumented Interbody fusion for degenerative lumbar diseases in uremic patients under hemodialysis JO - BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders SP - 815 VL - 21 IS - 1 AB - Advances in hemodialysis have facilitated longer lifespan and better quality of life for patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD). Symptomatic degenerative lumbar diseases (DLD) becomes more common in patients with ESRD. Posterior instrumented fusion remains popular for spinal stenosis combining instability. Only a few sporadic studies mentioned about surgical outcomes in patients with ESRD underwent spine surgeries, but no one discussed about which fusion method was optimal for this kind of patients. In this study, we compared the differences between lumbar posterolateral fusion (PLF) and lumbar interbody fusion (IBF) in uremic patients underwent instrumented lumbar surgeries. SN - 1471-2474 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03815-z DO - 10.1186/s12891-020-03815-z ID - Ho2020 ER -