Clinical and radiological mid- to long-term investigation of anterior lumbar stand-alone fusion: Incidence of reoperation and adjacent segment degeneration [PDF]
Brain and Spine, 2022 Introduction: Anterior stand-alone fusion (ASAF) devices have been developed in an attempt to reduce adjacent segment degenerative changes observed with posterior instrumented fusion techniques.
Katrin Stosch-Wiechert +5 more
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Effect of Baseline Adjacent Segment Degeneration on Clinical Outcomes After Lumbar Fusion [PDF]
Global Spine JournalStudy Design Cohort Study. Objectives End-stage degenerative segments above fusion levels have been associated with lower rates for surgical adjacent segment disease.
Leevi A. Toivonen MD, PhD +4 more
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Lumbar Stabilization with DSS-HPS® System: Radiological Outcomes and Correlation with Adjacent Segment Degeneration [PDF]
Diagnostics, 2021 Arthrodesis has always been considered the main treatment of degenerative lumbar disease. Adjacent segment degeneration is one of the major topics related to fusion surgery.
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Clinical and radiographic outcomes of adjacent segment degeneration after short-segment fixation for lumbar vertebral fracture [PDF]
Frontiers in SurgeryObjectivesThis study aimed to examine the incidence and clinical implications of adjacent segment degeneration (ASD) following short-segment fixation for traumatic lumbar fractures and to compare the findings with the existing literature on degenerative ...
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Intraoperative capsule protection can reduce the potential risk of adjacent segment degeneration acceleration biomechanically: an in silico study [PDF]
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and ResearchBackground The capsule of the zygapophyseal joint plays an important role in motion segmental stability maintenance. Iatrogenic capsule injury is a common phenomenon in posterior approach lumbar interbody fusion operations, but whether this procedure ...
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Can Wallis topping-off surgery reduce radiographic adjacent segment degeneration? a single-center study with at least 8 years of long-term follow-up [PDF]
BMC Musculoskeletal DisordersObjective To compare the long-term clinical outcomes and radiographic changes between the Topping-off technique and lumbar fusion surgery for lumbar degenerative diseases, and to evaluate their effects on Adjacent Segment Degeneration (ASD).
Sixue Chen +6 more
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Incidence and Characteristics of Clinical L5–S1 Adjacent Segment Degeneration after L5 Floating Lumbar Fusion: A Multicenter Study [PDF]
Asian Spine Journal, 2023 Study Design Retrospective study. Purpose This study aimed to evaluate the incidence, characteristics, and risk factors for clinical L5–S1 adjacent segment degeneration (ASD) after L5 floating lumbar fusion.
Norihiko Takegami +7 more
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Pelvic Incidence–Lumbar Lordosis Mismatch Is Predisposed to Adjacent Segment Degeneration After Single-Level Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Retrospective Case-Control Study [PDF]
Neurospine, 2023 Objective Spinopelvic parameters play important roles in clinical outcomes and disability after short-segment fusion surgery for degenerative spine disease.
Sun Geon Yoon +2 more
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How to prevent preoperative adjacent segment degeneration L5/S1 segment occuring postoperative adjacent segment disease? A retrospective study of risk factor analysis [PDF]
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and ResearchObjective L5/S1 segment is one of the most common lumbar degenerative segments with high clinical failure rate. When the clinically responsible segment consists of one or more segments including L4/L5 segment, whether to merge the severely degraded L5/S1
Yan Liu +3 more
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Risk factors for early-onset adjacent segment degeneration after one-segment posterior lumbar interbody fusion [PDF]
Scientific ReportsAdjacent segment degeneration (ASD) is a major postoperative complication associated with posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF). Early-onset ASD may differ pathologically from late-onset ASD.
Hideaki Nakajima +4 more
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