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Do PEEK Rods for Posterior Instrumented Fusion in the Lumbar Spine Reduce the Risk of Adjacent Segment Disease?

Daniel Hirt, Heather A. Prentice, Jessica E. Harris, Elizabeth W. Paxton, Jessa Alexander, Daniel T. Nagasawa, Deven Khosla and Steven M. Kurtz
International Journal of Spine Surgery April 2021, 15 (2) 251-258; DOI: https://doi.org/10.14444/8034
Daniel Hirt
1Department of Neurosurgery, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Los Angeles, California
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Heather A. Prentice
2Surgical Outcomes and Analysis, Kaiser Permanente, San Diego, California
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Jessica E. Harris
2Surgical Outcomes and Analysis, Kaiser Permanente, San Diego, California
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Elizabeth W. Paxton
2Surgical Outcomes and Analysis, Kaiser Permanente, San Diego, California
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Jessa Alexander
3Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, California
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Daniel T. Nagasawa
4Achieve Brain and Spine Surgery, Santa Monica, California,
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Steven M. Kurtz
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vol. 15 no. 2 251-258
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.14444/8034
PubMed 
33900982

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International Journal of Spine Surgery
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2211-4599
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  • Published online April 14, 2021.

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This manuscript is generously published free of charge by ISASS, the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery. Copyright © 2021 ISASS

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  1. Daniel Hirt, MD1,
  2. Heather A. Prentice, PHD2,
  3. Jessica E. Harris, MS2,
  4. Elizabeth W. Paxton, PHD2,
  5. Jessa Alexander3,
  6. Daniel T. Nagasawa, MD4,
  7. Deven Khosla, MD4 and
  8. Steven M. Kurtz, PHD5
  1. 1Department of Neurosurgery, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Los Angeles, California
  2. 2Surgical Outcomes and Analysis, Kaiser Permanente, San Diego, California
  3. 3Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, California
  4. 4Achieve Brain and Spine Surgery, Santa Monica, California,
  5. 5Exponent, Inc, and Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  1. Corresponding Author:
    Daniel Hirt, MD, Department of Neurosurgery, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, 1505 North Edgemont Street, Los Angeles, CA 90027. Phone: (323) 533-3931; Email: Daniel.X.Hirt{at}kp.org.
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Daniel Hirt, Heather A. Prentice, Jessica E. Harris, Elizabeth W. Paxton, Jessa Alexander, Daniel T. Nagasawa, Deven Khosla, Steven M. Kurtz
International Journal of Spine Surgery Apr 2021, 15 (2) 251-258; DOI: 10.14444/8034

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