Risk factors for adjacent segment disease requiring reoperation after posterior lumbar interbody fusion with screw fixation: focus on paraspinal muscle, facet joint, and disc degeneration.
Yeong Il YunIkchan JeonSang Woo KimDongwoo YuPublished in: Acta neurochirurgica (2021)
Preexisting high-grade adjacent facet effusion, sagittally oriented facet joint angle, and progressive fatty degeneration of the multifidus muscle are associated with the development of surgical ASD after PLIF surgery.