Validity of Creatine Kinase as an Indicator of Muscle Injury in Spine Surgery and its Relation with Postoperative Pain

Local Denervation Atrophy of Paraspinal Muscles in Postoperative Failed Back Syndrome

T Sihvonen, Arto Herno, Leo Paljärvi et al. · Spine · 1993 · 613 citations

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Surgery +16

Serial Changes in Trunk Muscle Performance After Posterior Lumbar Surgery

Ryuichi Gejo, H. Matsui, Yoshiharu Kawaguchi et al. · Spine · 1999 · 364 citations

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Surgery +15

Multifidus muscle changes and clinical effects of one-level posterior lumbar interbody fusion: minimally invasive procedure versus conventional open approach

Shunwu Fan, Zhijun Hu, Fengdong Zhao et al. · European Spine Journal · 2009 · 296 citations · Full text

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery +17

Comparison of one-level minimally invasive and open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in degenerative and isthmic spondylolisthesis grades 1 and 2

Jian Wang, Yue Zhou, Zheng Feng Zhang et al. · European Spine Journal · 2010 · 259 citations · Full text

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery +10

Posterior Surgical Approach to the Lumbar Spine and Its Effect on the Multifidus Muscle

Barbara R. Weber, Dieter Grob, Jiří Dvořák et al. · Spine · 1997 · 196 citations

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, Surgery +14