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Trends in Lumbar Fusion Surgery Among Octogenarians: A Nationwide Inpatient Sample Study From 2004 to 2013

STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective analysis. OBJECTIVES: Given the aging US population and natural degenerative process of the spine, more elderly patients with lumbar spinal disease are surgical candidates. Prior studies have assessed safety and efficacy of lumbar fusion (LF) surgeries in the elderly, but...

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Autores principales: Kha, Stephanie T., Ilyas, Haariss, Tanenbaum, Joseph E., Benzel, Edward C., Steinmetz, Michael P., Mroz, Thomas E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6125930/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30202713
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2192568218756878