Clinical spine surgery
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Clinical spine surgery · May 2018
Characteristics of Cervical Spine Motion in Different Types of Cervical Alignment: Kinematic MRI Study.
Retrospective study. ⋯ Level 3.
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Clinical spine surgery · Mar 2018
Can Surgeon Demographic Factors Predict Postoperative Complication Rates After Elective Spinal Fusion?
Retrospective cohort. ⋯ Level 3.
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Clinical spine surgery · Feb 2018
Preoperative Opioid Use: A Risk Factor for Poor Return to Work Status After Single-level Cervical Fusion for Radiculopathy in a Workers' Compensation Setting.
Retrospective comparative case-control study. ⋯ In a workers' compensation, patients with work-related injury who underwent single-level cervical fusion for radiculopathy and received opioids before surgery had worse RTW status, a higher reoperation rate, and higher rate of awarded permanent disability after surgery.
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Clinical spine surgery · Feb 2018
Multicenter Study Comparative StudyComparing Short-term Complications of Inpatient Versus Outpatient Single-level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: An Analysis of 6940 Patients Using the ACS-NSQIP Database.
Multicenter propensity score-adjusted retrospective cohort study. ⋯ Level 3.
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Clinical spine surgery · Feb 2018
Treatment of Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis With Fusion or Decompression Alone Results in Similar Rates of Reoperation at 5 Years.
Population-based analysis of administrative discharge records from California, Florida, and New York inpatient, ambulatory, and emergency department settings between 2005 and 2011, utilizing Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project data. ⋯ Our study suggests that treatment of degenerative spondylolisthesis with fusion or decompression alone results in similar rates of reoperation at 5 years. This medium term data indicate that decompression alone may be a viable treatment for some patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis.