From: Risk factors for upper adjacent segment degeneration after multi-level posterior lumbar spinal fusion surgery
Decompressed levels
Group A (nā=ā22)
Group B (nā=ā49)
T12āL1
2
0
T12āL2
1
L1āL3
L1āL4
L2āL3
5
12
L2āL4
L2āL5
9
L3āL5
13
L3āS1
L4āL5
7
L4āS1
3