Preventive Effect of Artificial Ligamentous Stabilization on the Upper Adjacent Segment Impairment Following Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

Imagama S et al. – The results demonstrated an effect of soft stabilization for the prevention of transition syndrome in lumbar spine fusion. Although the postoperative follow–up periods in this study were not sufficiently long to reach a definitive conclusion, intervertebral breakdown adjacent to the rigid spine fusion could be diminished by the application of soft stabilization.

Spine 12/8/09