Adjacent segment disease followinglumbar/thoracolumbar fusion with pedicle screw instrumentation: A minimum 5-year follow-up

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 2253-2257

  Cheh, Gene ^b   Bridwell, Keith H ^a   Lenke, Lawrence G ^a   Buchowski, Jacob M ^a   Daubs, Michael D ^c   Kim, Yongjung ^d   Baldus, Christy ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjacent segment disease; Fusion; Spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT SEGMENT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK PAIN; BONE SCREWS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PREVALENCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548691444     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31814b2d8e     Document Type: Article

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