Adjacent segment degeneration after single-segment PLIF: The risk factor for degeneration and its impact on clinical outcomes

European Spine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1946-1950

  Chen, Bai Ling ^a   Wei, Fu Xin ^a   Ueyama, Kazumasa ^b   Xie, Deng Hui ^c   Sannohe, Akio ^b   Liu, Shao Yu ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hirosaki Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^c Guangzhou Women and Children's Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Adjacent segment degeneration; Clinical outcome; Lumbar fusion; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT SEGMENT DEGENERATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE GRAFT; BONE MINERAL; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855200677     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-1888-1     Document Type: Article

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