Clinical spine surgery
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Clinical spine surgery · Dec 2018
Effect of Cervical Decompression Surgery on Gait in Adult Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Patients.
This is a prospective cohort study. ⋯ Preoperatively, CSM patients clearly showed altered gait parameters compared with controls. However, after cervical decompression surgery, CSM patients exhibited improved gait pattern, spatiotemporal parameters, spine and lower extremity ROM, as well as patient-reported outcomes. Postoperatively, CSM patients did not show major differences in gait when compared with matched asymptomatic controls.
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Clinical spine surgery · Dec 2018
Fatty Infiltration of Cervical Spine Extensor Musculature: Is there a Relationship With Cervical Sagittal Balance?
This is a retrospective review of a single surgeon cervical deformity (CD) database. ⋯ Level III.
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Clinical spine surgery · Dec 2018
What is a Right Distal Fusion Level for Prevention of Sagittal Imbalance in Multilevel Posterior Cervical Spine Surgery: C7 or T1?
This was a retrospective cohort study. ⋯ Level III.