Is the T9, T11, or L1 the more reliable proximal level after adult lumbar or lumbosacral instrumented fusion to L5 or S1?

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 2653-2661

  Kim, Yongjung J ^a   Bridwell, Keith H ^a,b   Lenke, Lawrence G ^a   Rhim, Seungchul ^a   Kim, Young Woo ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lumbar fusion; Pseudarthrosis; Revision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT FRACTURE; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REOPERATION; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36248946584     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31815a5a9d     Document Type: Article

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