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
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.
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Clinical spine surgery · Feb 2018
Risk Factors Associated With Failure to Reach Minimal Clinically Important Difference in Patient-reported Outcomes Following Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Spondylolisthesis.
Retrospective cohort. ⋯ The results of this study suggest that a majority of patients with spondylolisthesis achieve MCID for commonly measured PROs following MIS TLIF for spondylolisthesis. However, worker's compensation insurance status may serve as a negative predictive factor for reaching MCID.