Indication for spinal fusion and the risk of adjacent segment pathology: Does reason for fusion affect risk? A systematic review

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 22, 2012, Pages

  Lee, Michael J ^a   Dettori, Joseph R ^b   Standaert, Christopher J ^a   Ely, Claire G ^b   Chapman, Jens R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Spectrum Research Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

adjacent level degeneration; cervical; fusion; Klippel Feil; lumbar

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT SEGMENT PATHOLOGY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KLIPPEL FEIL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867743170     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31826ca9b1     Document Type: Review

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