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Older literature review of increased risk of adjacent segment degeneration with instrumented lumbar fusions

BACKGROUND: Adjacent segment degeneration (ASD) following lumbar spine surgery occurs in up to 30% of cases, and descriptions of such changes are not new. Here, we review some of the older literature concerning the rate of ASD, typically more severe cephalad than caudad, and highly correlated with i...

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Autor principal: Epstein, Nancy E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4743269/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26904370
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.174892

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