Risk factors and surgical treatment for symptomatic adjacent segment degeneration after lumbar spine fusion

Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 425-430

  Cho, Kyoung Suok ^a   Kang, Suk Gu ^a   Yoo, Do Sung ^a   Huh, Pil Woo ^a   Kim, Dal Soo ^a   Lee, Sang Bok ^b  

^a Uijeongbu St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adjacent segment degeneration; Fusion; Interspinous implant; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT SEGMENT DEGENERATION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDICLE SCREW; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY;

EID: 73649090789     PISSN: 20053711     EISSN: 15987876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3340/jkns.2009.46.5.425     Document Type: Article

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