Failure of lumbopelvic fixation after long construct fusions in patients with adult spinal deformity: Clinical and radiographic risk factors

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 445-453

  Cho, Woojin ^a   Mason, Jonathan R ^b   Smith, Justin S ^b   Shimer, Adam L ^b   Wilson, Adam S ^b   Shaffrey, Christopher I ^b   Shen, Francis H ^b   Novicoff, Wendy M ^b   Fu, Kai Ming G ^c   Heller, Joshua E ^d   Arlet, Vincent ^e  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Complication; Deformity; Iliac screws; Instrumentation; Pseudarthrosis; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SACRUM; SMOKING; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885393551     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.6.SPINE121129     Document Type: Article

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