Clinical outcome after fusion of the thoracic or lumbar spine in the adult patient.
This article highlights those disease processes for which fusion is used most frequently in the adult. Although the focus is on clinical outcome after fusion, the indications and natural history of the process itself are also briefly discussed to provide a comparative basis on which outcomes may be judged.
Hellman
E W
EW
Leatherman Spine Fellow, Spine Institute for Special Surgery, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
Glassman
S D
SD
Dimar
J R
JR
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000601:surgery; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000601:surgery; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013168:Spondylolisthesis / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome