Adjacent segment degeneration after superior facet joint violation of the lumbar spine.

N Am Spine Soc J · 2026 · PMC12854983 · PMID 41624259

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

Although exploratory analyses raised the possibility that minor violations may contribute to axial instability, this effect did not reach statistical significance.

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