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. 2002 Oct;25(10):1051-5.
doi: 10.3928/0147-7447-20021001-16.

Surgical management of adjacent level degeneration following lumbar spine fusion

Steven D Glassman  1 , Kevin Pugh, John R Johnson, John R Dimar 2nd
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Surgical management of adjacent level degeneration following lumbar spine fusion

Steven D Glassman et al. Orthopedics. 2002 Oct.

Abstract

Thirty-eight patients who underwent extension of a prior lumbar fusion for treatment of adjacent level degeneration were retrospectively evaluated. Patient age, pain relief with the initial surgical procedure, and distal level of fusion significantly affected outcome. Overall, this study suggests that adjacent level fusion yields results that are not optimal but provides sigificant clinical improvement for patients with symptomatic adjacent level degeneration.

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  • Lumbar spine fusion.
    Johnson RG. Johnson RG. Orthopedics. 2003 Aug;26(8):756, 812; author reply 812. doi: 10.3928/0147-7447-20030801-05. Orthopedics. 2003. PMID: 12938936 No abstract available.

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