Adjacent segment disease in degenerative pathologies with posterior instrumentation

OBJECTIVE: To establish the real incidence of adjacent segment disease after fusion, and to identify the levels and predisposing factors for the pathology, as well as the functional results. METHODS: a retrospective case series study with level of evidence IIB, in a sample of 179 patients diagnosed...

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Main Authors: Ana Guadalupe Ramírez Olvera, Manuel Villarreal Arroyo, Luis Mario Hinojosa Martínez, Enrique Méndez Pérez, Luis Romeo Ramos Hinojosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Coluna (SBC) 2015-03-01
Series:Coluna/Columna
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-18512015000100023&lng=en&tlng=en