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Aging Spine Challenges and Emerging Techniques (Visit this link)
The older patient has unique characteristics that require
differentiation from that of the archetypical adult, such as
atypical presentation and response to disease and frailty from
comorbidities and chronic disease. Furthermore, healthcare
providers of the elderly must commonly focus efforts on
maintenance or improvement in function and quality of life as
opposed to the classic intent to cure disease. This population
trend has inspired modern spine surgeons to pursue and
develop a mounting body of evidence and research on the
aging spine and the challenges that this patient population
presents, both medically and economically. These investiga-
tions have centered around three major spinal disorders that
afflict the aging population: osteoporotic fractures, degener-
ative scoliosis, and degenerative spondylolisthesis.
Adam S. Kanter, M.D., Ashok R. Asthagiri, M.D., and Christopher I. Shaffrey, M.D.
Clinical Neurosurgery • Volume 54, 2007
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