Adjacent segment disease after instrumented fusion for idiopathic scoliosis: Review of current trends and controversies

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 530-539

  Ilharreborde, Brice ^a,b   Morel, Etienne ^a,b   Mazda, Keyvan ^b   Dekutoski, Mark B ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Adjacent segment degeneration; Fusion; Idiopathic scoliosis; Spine

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISKOGRAPHY; FIXATION DEVICE; FLAT BACK SYNDROME; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; JOINT DEGENERATION; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; KYPHOSIS; LONG TERM CARE; LORDOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOTOMY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PANCREATITIS; PEDICLE SCREW; PELVIS INJURY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; REVIEW; SACROILIAC JOINT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN INJURY;

AGE FACTORS; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERNAL FIXATORS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349881517     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e31818d64b7     Document Type: Review

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