The Impact of Adjacent Level Disc Degeneration on Health Status Outcomes Following Lumbar Fusion

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 2546-2550

  Throckmorton, Thomas W ^a   Hilibrand, Alan S ^a   Mencio, Gregory A ^a   Hodge, Arleen ^a   Spengler, Dan M ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Degenerative disc disease; Lumbar fusion; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MOTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0345357707     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000092340.24070.F3     Document Type: Article

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