Impact of Adjacent Facet Joint Osteoarthritis on Adjacent Segment Degeneration after Short-Segment Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Indirect Decompression: Minimum 5-Year Follow-Up.

Jun OuchidaHiroaki Nakashima Tokumi Kanemura Kotaro SatakeKenyu ItoMikito TsushimaKei Ando Masaaki MachinoSadayuki ItoNaoki SegiYoshinori MoritaYukihito OdeShiro Imagama

Published in: BioMed research international (2022)

Comparative analysis of the ASD+ versus ASD- group showed preexisting facet joint osteoarthritis to be a risk factor for ASD progression after IDD. Additional longitudinal studies with long-term follow-up are needed to understand the causal relationship between facet joint degeneration and progression of adjacent segment deterioration following IDD.

Keyphrases

autism spectrum disorder
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
intellectual disability
rheumatoid arthritis
minimally invasive
knee osteoarthritis