Guidelines for the performance of fusion procedures for degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. Part 5: correlation between radiographic and functional outcome |
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| Authors: | Resnick Daniel K,Choudhri Tanvir F,Dailey Andrew T,Groff Michael W,Khoo Larry,Matz Paul G,Mummaneni Praveen,Watters William C,Wang Jeffrey,Walters Beverly C,Hadley Mark N American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Neurosurgery, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin 53792, USA. Resnick@neurosurg.wisc.edu |
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| Abstract: | At the present time, there is no Class I or II medical evidence to indicate that the appearance of a radiographic fusion is significantly associated with improved functional outcomes. The majority of Class III medical evidence does suggest that successful radiographic fusion is associated with improved clinical outcomes. It is widely acknowledged that this relationship is not perfect. |
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