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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Main Authors: Dmitrii Mikhaylov, Anton Denisov, Dmitrii Ptashnikov, Sergei Masevnin, Nikita Zaborovskii
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Coluna (SBC)
Series:Coluna/Columna
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-18512018000300216&lng=en&tlng=en