Adjacent segment degeneration after lumbar spinal posterolateral fusion with instrumentation in elderly patients

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-43

  Chou, Wen Ying ^a   Hsu, Chien Jen ^b   Chang, Wei Ning ^b   Wong, Chi Yin ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adjacent segment degeneration; Lumbar spine; Posterolateral fusion; Relative hypermobility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0036939771     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004020100314     Document Type: Article

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