Long-term magnetic resonance imaging follow-up demonstrates minimal transitional level lumbar disc degeneration after posterior spine fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 1948-1954

  Green, Daniel W ^a   Lawhorne, Thomas W ^a   Widmann, Roger F ^a   Kepler, Christopher K ^a   Ahern, Caitlin ^a   Mintz, Douglas N ^c   Rawlins, Bernard A ^b   Burke, Stephen W ^a   Boachie Adjei, Oheneba ^b  

^a Pediatric Orthopaedic Service   (United States)

^b Spine and Scoliosis Service   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

adjacent level disease; adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; degenerative disc disease; posterior spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COURSE EVALUATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK DEGENERATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL PAIN; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054882801     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181ff1ea9     Document Type: Article

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