Abstract:Aim: to identify possible predictors of screw loosening (SL) in patients after decompression and fusion at the lumbar level for degenerative spinal diseases.
Methods. The data of patients with degenerative lumbar diseases who underwent primary decompression and fusion and who were re-hospitalized were analyzed. Clinical data (demography, characteristics of primary surgical procedures and characteristics of the perioperative period), results of radiological methods (presence and characteristics of resorpt… Show more
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