Multilevel spinal fusion in the aged: Not a panacea

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-102

  Röllinghoff, Marc ^a   Zarghooni, Kourosh ^a   Groos, Daniel ^a   Siewe, Jan ^a   Eysel, Peer ^a   Sobottke, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adjacent segment degeneration; Implant loosening; Multilevel fusion; Spine

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955809566     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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