Surgically treated degenerative disk disease in twins.
Lilla SzigethyFreyr Gauti SigmundssonAnders JoelsonPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2024)
Our findings suggest that genetic factors are probably not a major etiologic component in most cases of DDD requiring surgery. The findings of this study can be used for counseling patients about the risk for requiring DDD surgery.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- end stage renal disease
- coronary artery bypass
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- surgical site infection
- prognostic factors
- genome wide
- copy number
- smoking cessation
- hepatitis c virus
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- men who have sex with men
- hiv testing
- antiretroviral therapy