Adjacent segment degenerative disease: Is it due to disease progression or a fusion-associated phenomenon? Comparison between segments adjacent to the fused and non-fused segments

European Spine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1940-1945

  Song, Kyung Jin ^a   Choi, Byung Wan ^b   Jeon, Taek Soo ^b   Lee, Kwang Bok ^a   Chang, Han ^b  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adjacent segment disease; Cervical; Fusion; Natural history

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT SEGMENT DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 84855192454     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-1864-9     Document Type: Article

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