Clinical spine surgery
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Clinical spine surgery · Mar 2017
Multicenter StudyComparison of Structural Disease Burden to Health-related Quality of Life Scores in 264 Adult Spinal Deformity Patients With 2-Year Follow-up: Novel Insights into Drivers of Disability.
This is a review of a prospective multicenter database. ⋯ Level III.
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Clinical spine surgery · Mar 2017
Measurement of Spinopelvic Parameters on Standing Lateral Lumbar Radiographs: Validity and Reliability.
This was a radiographic validity and reliability study. ⋯ Spinopelvic parameters and LL values measured on lateral lumbar radiographs were reproducibly similar to those measured on lateral whole-spine radiographs. Use of a standing lateral lumbar radiograph is reasonable when spinopelvic parameters and LL are to be measured.
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Clinical spine surgery · Mar 2017
Effect of Drugs Associated With Bleeding Tendency on the Complications and Outcomes of Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection.
This is a retrospective case-control study. ⋯ Level 3.