Selection of proximal fusion level for adult degenerative lumbar scoliosis

European Spine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 394-401

  Cho, Kyu Jung ^a   Suk, Se Il ^b   Park, Seung Rim ^a   Kim, Jin Hyok ^b   Jung, Jae Hoon ^a  

^a Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Inje University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adjacent segment disease; Adult degenerative lumbar scoliosis; Adult spinal deformity; Fusion level; Proximal junctional kyphosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL FUSION LEVEL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; X RAY FILM; EQUIPMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880464590     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-012-2527-1     Document Type: Article

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