Anatomy of the Spine Understanding Back Pain Treatment Options Glossary of Terms Patient Guides Resources Videos Education Case Studies Journal Abstracts Resources Recommended Reading	Journal Abstracts Deformity Adult spinal deformity surgery: complications and outcomes in patients over age 60 Fusion Surgical outcomes of posterior lumbar interbody fusion in elderly patients. Surgical technique Clinical outcomes in older patients after posterolateral lumbar fusion Predicting morbidity and mortality of lumbar spine arthrodesis in patients in their ninth decade Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Intervertebral disc calcification of the spine in an elderly population: radiographic prevalence, location, and distribution and correlation with spinal degeneration Factors associated with lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration in the elderly Age distribution of three radiologic factors for lumbar instability: probable aging process of the instability with disc degeneration Biology of intervertebral disc aging and degeneration: involvement of the extracellular matrix The natural history of age-related disc degeneration: the pathology and sequelae of tears The aging spine: the role of inflammatory mediators in intervertebral disc degeneration Lumbar total disc arthroplasty in patients older than 60 years of age: a prospective study of the ProDisc prosthesis with 2-year minimum follow-up period Kyphosis Adult spinal deformity surgery: complications and outcomes in patients over age 60 Adult spinal deformity in the osteoporotic spine: options and pitfalls Osteoporosis Osteoporosis and vertebral compression fractures-continued missed opportunities Polymethylmethacrylate augmentation of pedicle screw for osteoporotic spinal surgery: a novel technique. Double pedicle screw instrumentation in the osteoporotic spine: a biomechanical feasibility study. Adult spinal deformity in the osteoporotic spine: options and pitfalls. Influence of screw positioning in a new anterior spine fixator on implant loosening in osteoporotic vertebrae Pedicle screw motion in the osteoporotic spine after augmentation with laminar hooks, sublaminar wires, or calcium phosphate cement: a comparative analysis. Spondylolisthesis Degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: trends in management Surgical treatment of isthmic spondylolisthesis with radicular pain in adults Supplementary pedicle screw fixation in spinal fusion for degenerative spondylolisthesis in patients aged 65 and over: outcome after a minimum of 2 years follow-up in 82 patients Surgical outcomes of posterior lumbar interbody fusion in elderly patients. Surgical technique Stenosis Lumbar spinal stenosis in elderly patients Failure of conservative treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis in elderly patients Complications associated with lumbar stenosis surgery in patients older than 75 years of age Vertebral Compression Fractures Mortality following the diagnosis of a vertebral compression fracture in the Medicare population. Percutaneous vertebroplasty compared with optimal pain medication treatment: short-term clinical outcome of patients with subacute or chronic painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. The VERTOS study Inverse relationship between vertebral fractures and spine osteoarthritis in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for the management of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures Back pain in osteoporotic vertebral fractures Weight Does obesity affect the results of lumbar decompressive spinal surgery in the elderly? Active lifestyle protects against incident low back pain in seniors: a population-based 2-year prospective study of 1387 Danish twins aged 70-100 years
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