Assessment of adjacent-segment degeneration in and between patients treated with anterior or posterior cervical simple discectomy.
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Assessment of adjacent segment degeneration in and between patients treated with anterior or posterior cervical simple discectomy.
AIM The authors compared the incidence of radiologically documented and/or symptomatic adjacent segment degeneration in and between patients who underwent anterior or posterior single-level, simple discectomy. MATERIAL AND METHODS 79 patients were clinically and radiologically examined for adjacent segment degeneration (ASD). The results were compared to evaluate which approach was predominan...
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عنوان ژورنال: Turkish Neurosurgery
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1019-5149
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.jtn.2575-09.1