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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Autores principales: Akazawa, Tsutomu, Kotani, Toshiaki, Sakuma, Tsuyoshi, Minami, Shohei, Orita, Sumihisa, Fujimoto, Kazuki, Shiga, Yasuhiro, Takaso, Masashi, Inoue, Gen, Miyagi, Masayuki, Aoki, Yasuchika, Niki, Hisateru, Torii, Yoshiaki, Morioka, Shigeta, Ohtori, Seiji, Takahashi, Kazuhisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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

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