Protective effects of preserving the posterior complex on the development of adjacent-segment degeneration after lumbar fusion: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 201-206

  Liu, Haichun ^a   Wu, Wenliang ^a   Li, Yi ^a   Liu, Jinwei ^a   Yang, Kaiyun ^b   Chen, Yunzhen ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QILU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adjacent segment degeneration; Lumbar fusion; Posterior complex; Spinal disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LORDOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE SURGERY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84881225797     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.5.SPINE12650     Document Type: Article

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