OVERLOAD STUDY ON ADJACENT DISC AFTER ARTHRODESIS IN THORACOLUMBAR FRACTURES

OVERLOAD STUDY ON ADJACENT DISC AFTER ARTHRODESIS IN THORACOLUMBAR FRACTURES

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the degeneration of the adjacent disc after arthrodesis due to thoracolumbar fractures. Methods: Eighty-three patients who underwent posterolateral arthrodesis in thoracolumbar levels had their x-rays analyzed for degeneration of adjacent discs to the arthrodesis. Th...

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Main Authors: GUSTAVO SERRA REINAS, FERNANDO ZANI GARCIA, RÉGIS SILVEIRA TEIXEIRA, EMILIO CEZAR MAMEDE MURAD, RUY YOSHIAKI OKAJI, ANDERSON BALESTEIRO FUKOSHIMA, ROBERTO RYUITI MIZOBUCHI, JOSÉ MARCONDES DA SILVEIRA JUNIOR
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Coluna (SBC)
Series:Coluna/Columna
Subjects:
Fraturas da coluna vertebral
Fusão vertebral
Região lombossacral
Vértebras torácicas
Degeneração do disco intervertebral
Radiografia.
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