Prevalence of adjacent segment degeneration after spine surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 597-608

  Xia, Xiao Peng ^a   Chen, Hong Lin ^b   Cheng, Hong Bin ^a  

^a Nantong Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

^b NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

adjacent segment degeneration; meta analysis; prevalence; spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT SEGMENT DEGENERATION; CERVICAL SPINE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LONG TERM CARE; LUMBAR SPINE; META ANALYSIS; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PUBLICATION BIAS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL FUSION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT;

EID: 84876410545     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318273a2ea     Document Type: Review

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