Upper instrumented vertebral fractures in long lumbar fusions: What are the associated risk factors?

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1407-1414

  Lewis, Stephen J ^a   Abbas, Harith ^a   Chua, Sooyong ^a   Bacon, Sarah ^a   Bronstein, Yigal ^a   Goldstein, Sergey ^a   Magana, Sofia ^a   Sullivan, Kelly ^a   Dold, Andrew P ^a   Bodrogi, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

adjacent segment failure; fracture; long lumbar fusions; upper instrumented vertebra

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER INSTRUMENTED VERTEBRAL FRACTURE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; OSTEOTOMY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863861945     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31824fffb9     Document Type: Article

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