Purpose: To compare the results of short fusion versus long fusion for degenerative lumbar scoliosis. Materials and Methods: Forty-seven patients undergoing short fusion (n=28) and long fusion and instrumentation (n=19) were evaluated. Short fusion was defined as fusion within the deformity, not exceeding the upper end vertebra. Long fusion was defined as fusion extended above the upper end vertebra. The number of levels fused in the short and long fusion groups was 3.14 and 6.89 segments, respectively.

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