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Age, body mass index, and osteoporosis are more predictive than imaging for adjacent-segment reoperation after lumbar fusion

BACKGROUND: Adjacent-segment disease (ASD) is a well-described long-term complication after lumbar fusion. There is a lack of consensus about the risk factors for development of ASD, but identifying them could improve surgical outcomes. Our goal was to analyze the effect of patient characteristics a...

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Autores principales: Ankrah, Nii-Kwanchie, Eli, Ilyas M., Magge, Subu N., Whitmore, Robert G., Yew, Andrew Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Scientific Scholar 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8492407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34621568
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_667_2021