Thoracolumbar deformity arthrodesis stopping at L5: Fate of the L5-S1 disc, minimum 5-year follow-up

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 2771-2776

  Kuhns, Craig A ^a   Bridwell, Keith H ^b,e   Lenke, Lawrence G ^b   Amor, Courtney ^b   Lehman, Ronald A ^c   Buchowski, Jacob M ^b   Edwards II, Charles ^d   Christine, Baldus ^b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjacent segment disease; Deformity; Fusion; Instrumentation; Outcomes measures; Revision surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SACRUM; SPINE MALFORMATION; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X RAY FILM;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SACRUM; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36248932519     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31815a7ece     Document Type: Article

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