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Decompression Only Versus Fusion Surgery for Lumbar Stenosis in Elderly Patients over 75 Years Old: Which is Reasonable?

As the population ages, more elderly patients suffer from spinal stenosis requiring lumbar fusion. However, there are few and conflicting results regarding the clinical outcome of lumbar fusion. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficiency of posterior lumbar interbody fusion (...

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Autores principales: Lee, Chang-Hyun, Hyun, Seung-Jae, Kim, Ki-Jeong, Jahng, Tae-Ahn, Kim, Hyun-Jib
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japan Neurosurgical Society 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4508737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24172588
http://dx.doi.org/10.2176/nmc.oa2012-0415