Health-related quality-of-life improvement with lumbar fusion in patients with lower-extremity arthritis.
CONCLUSIONS: The presence of lower-extremity arthritis does not adversely affect the results of lumbar fusion in properly selected patients. Patients with lower-extremity arthritis who undergo lumbar fusion can achieve meaningful improvement in PROs similar to patients without arthritis.
PMID: 32886920 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Djurasovic M, Glassman S, Gum JL, Crawford CH, Owens RK, Carreon LY Tags: J Neurosurg Spine Source Type: research
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