Adjacent segment degeneration after lumbar spinal fusion: Risk factors and implications for clinical practice

Spine Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-23

  Schoenfeld, Andrew J ^a  

^a Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT SEGMENT DEGENERATION; ARTHRODESIS; ARTHROPLASTY; BACKACHE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DETERIORATION; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SYMPTOM; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 78650269263     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2010.10.022     Document Type: Note

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