Adjacent Segment Disease FollowingLumbar/Thoracolumbar Fusion With Pedicle Screw Instrumentation

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Gene Cheh · Wooridul Hospital

Keith H. Bridwell · Washington University in St. Louis

Lawrence G. Lenke · Washington University in St. Louis

Jacob M. Buchowski · Washington University in St. Louis

Michael D. Daubs · University of Utah

Yongjung Kim · Hospital for Special Surgery

Christy Baldus

Abstract

Patients over the age of 50 were at higher risk of developing clinical ASD than those 50 years old or younger. Length of fusion was a significant risk factor in the development of ASD in the lumbar spine. Fusion up to L1-L3 increased the risk of ASD when compared with L4 and L5. Circumferential fusion, as opposed to posterolateral fusion, was not a statistically significant risk factor for the development of ASD.

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Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques

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Published in: Spine

Volume 32, Issue 20, pp. 2253-2257

DOI: 10.1097/brs.0b013e31814b2d8e

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