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Lamina horizontalization and facet tropism as the risk factors for adjacent segment degeneration after PLIF.

Shinya Okuda, Takenori Oda, Akira Miyauchi, Satoru Tamura, Yoshichika Hashimoto, Shinya Yamasaki, Takamitsu Haku, Fumiaki Kanematsu, Kenta Ariga, Tetsuo Ohwada, Hiroyuki Aono, Noboru Hosono, Takeshi Fuji, and Motoki Iwasaki

Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 33(25):2754-8 (2008) PMID 19050581

A retrospective case-control study.

DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31817bb9c2
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