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18790678

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-12-29
pubmed:abstractText
Cervical spine fusion is performed for various indications in patient populations ranging from young and healthy to aged and frail. The choice of surgical approach is affected not only by disease pathoanatomy, but also by age, medical comorbidities, and the number of involved levels. Anterior fusion is more common for single-level pathology in relatively young, healthy patients; and posterior fusion is typically performed on older, more comorbid patients with multilevel disease. Consequently, retrospective comparisons of surgical approaches for cervical fusion will be impacted by this bias, and the optimal management of multilevel cervical spine pathology remains ambiguous with surgeon preference and experience playing a significant role in choice of procedures.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1878-1632
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
31-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Impact of surgical approach on complications and resource utilization of cervical spine fusion: a nationwide perspective to the surgical treatment of diffuse cervical spondylosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Neurosurgery, The Ottawa Hospital, ON, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Multicenter Study