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Spinal fusion on adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients with the level of L4 or lower can increase lumbar disc degeneration with sagittal imbalance 35 years after surgery
INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to investigate the long-term incidence of lumbar disc degeneration and Modic changes in the non-fused segments of patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) who previously underwent spinal fusion. METHODS: Study subjects consisted of 252 patients...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6698554/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31440615 http://dx.doi.org/10.22603/ssrr.1.2016-0017 |