Adjacent segment degeneration and topping off. Never stop at the apex!
We investigated if applying the Transition system (® Globus Medical) as topping off can prevent Adjacent Segment Degeneration (ASD) and if rate of ASD is increased if instrumentation stopped at the apex of the Lumbar Lordosis (LL). We enrolled 99 consecutive patients in a retrospective study who hav...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Open Medical Publishing
2019-06-01
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| Series: | Orthopedic Reviews |
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| Online Access: | https://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/or/article/view/7781 |