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[Aging of an already pathological spine and its evaluation]
Laura Marie-Hardy1, Hugues Pascal-Moussellard1
1Service de chirurgie orthopédique et traumatologique, groupe hospitalier La Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
Abstract:
Aging of an already pathological spine and its evaluation. The spine can be subject to different pathologies, starting from the beginning of its growth. Among these, scoliosis is relatively frequent and the question of what happens to unoperated scoliosis patients as they get older and are added to an already patho¬logical spine disc degeneration, posterior osteoarthritis or yellow ligament hypertrophy. The question also arises for other spinal pathologies, such as kyphosis or ankylosing spondylitis: what follow-up should be provided to these patients? What clinical and radiological assessment should be performed?
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