• Medicine
• Published in
  The spine journal : official…
  2011
• DOI:10.1016/j.spinee.2010.09.026

Incidence and prevalence of surgery at segments adjacent to a previous posterior lumbar arthrodesis.

@article{Sears2011IncidenceAP,
  title={Incidence and prevalence of surgery at segments adjacent to a previous posterior lumbar arthrodesis.},
  author={William R. Sears and Ioannis G. Sergides and Noojan Kazemi and Matthew Smith and Gavin J. White and Barbara Osburg},
  journal={The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society},
  year={2011},
  volume={11 1},
  pages={
          11-20
        }
}

• William R. Sears, Ioannis G. Sergides, +3 authors Barbara Osburg

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Adjacent segment disease (ASD) after lumbar spinal fusion has been an important reason behind the development of nonfusion stabilization technology. However, the incidence, prevalence, and factors contributing to adjacent segment degeneration in the lumbar spine remain unclear. A range of prevalence rates for ASD have been reported in the lumbar spinal literature, but the annual incidence has not been widely studied in this region. Conflicting reports exist regarding risk… CONTINUE READING

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