Sagittal thoracic decompensation following long adult lumbar spinal instrumentation and fusion to L5 or S1: Causes, prevalence, and risk factor analysis

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 2359-2366

  Kim, Yongjung J ^a   Bridwell, Keith H ^a,c   Lenke, Lawrence G ^a   Rhim, Seungchul ^b   Cheh, Gene ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult long lumbar fusion to L5 or S1; Sagittal thoracic decompensation; Scoliosis Research Society 24 outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OPERATION DURATION; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SAGITTAL THORACIC DECOMPENSATION; SCOLIOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SACRUM; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33748852418     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000238969.59928.73     Document Type: Article

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