Short fusion versus long fusion for degenerative lumbar scoliosis

European Spine Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 650-656

  Cho, Kyu Jung ^a   Suk, Se Il ^b   Park, Seung Rim ^a   Kim, Jin Hyok ^b   Kim, Sung Soo ^b   Lee, Tong Joo ^a   Lee, Jeong Joon ^b   Lee, Jong Min ^a  

^a Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Degenerative lumbar scoliosis; Long fusion; Short fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DELIRIUM; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ILEUS; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; KYPHOSIS; LISTHESIS; LONG FUSION; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSTEOTOMY; PATIENT CARE; PEDICLE SCREW; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SCOLIOSIS; SHORT FUSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43349099166     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-008-0615-z     Document Type: Article

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