Surgical outcomes of decompression, decompression with limited fusion, and decompression with full curve fusion for degenerative scoliosis with radiculopathy

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 1872-1875

  Transfeldt, Ensor E ^a   Topp, Raymond ^a   Mehbod, Amir A ^a   Winter, Robert B ^a  

^a TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

decompression; degenerative scoliosis; radiculopathy; spine fusion

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEGENERATIVE SCOLIOSIS; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOLIOSIS; SHORT FORM 36; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RADICULOPATHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957333224     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181ce63a2     Document Type: Article

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