ADJACENT SEGMENT DEGENERATION IN THE LUMBAR SPINE

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Jeffrey C. Wang · University of California, Los Angeles

Nitin Bhatia · University of California, Los Angeles

Wellington K. Hsu · University of California, Los Angeles

Abstract

The rate of symptomatic degeneration at an adjacent segment warranting either decompression or arthrodesis was predicted to be 16.5% at five years and 36.1% at ten years. There appeared to be no correlation with the length of fusion or the preoperative arthritic degeneration of the adjacent segment.

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Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques

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Published in: Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volume 86, Issue 7, pp. 1497-1503

DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200407000-00020

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ADJACENT SEGMENT DEGENERATION IN THE LUMBAR SPINE

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