COMPARISON OF SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS FOR DEGENERATIVE DEFORMITIES AND INSTABILITY OF THE SPINE AMONG ELDERLY PATIENTS
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the surgical results among elderly patients with degenerative deformities and instability of the spine. Methods: A retrospective study of 437 patients (337 women, 100 men) with a mean age 60. The mean follow-up time was five years. The inclusion criteria were diseas...
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Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Coluna (SBC)
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-18512018000300216&lng=en&tlng=en |