Thoracolumbar deformity arthrodesis to L5 in adults: The fate of the L5-S1 disc

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2122-2131

  Edwards II, Charles C ^a   Bridwell, Keith H ^b,d   Patel, Alpesh ^b   Rinella, Anthony S ^c   Kim, Yong Jung ^b   Berra, Annette ^b   Della Rocca, Gregory J ^b   Lenke, Lawrence G ^b  

^a MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disc degeneration; Risk factors; Spinal deformity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PEDICLE SCREW; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; JOINT INSTABILITY; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SACRUM; SCOLIOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141702214     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000084266.37210.85     Document Type: Conference Paper

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