Clinical spine surgery
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Clinical spine surgery · Aug 2020
Multicenter StudyRetrospective Review of Revision Surgery After Image-guided Instrumented Spinal Surgery Compared With Traditional Instrumented Spinal Surgery.
Retrospective cohort series. ⋯ Although not reaching statistical significance, these data suggest there may be an advantage offered by image-guided screw placement in instrumented spinal 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 · Dec 2017
Multicenter StudyThe Influence of Single-level Versus Multilevel Decompression on the Outcome in Multisegmental Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Analysis of the Lumbar Spinal Outcome Study (LSOS) Data.
This is prospective multicenter cohort study. ⋯ Our study showed that in multisegmental stenotic cases a single-level decompression was associated with a significantly more favorable SSM symptoms and function score, respectively, as compared with multilevel decompression. This study provides evidence that in multisegmental stenotic cases a single-level decompression might be sufficient to improve patient's symptoms and function.
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Clinical spine surgery · Aug 2017
Multicenter StudyNovel Angular Measures of Cervical Deformity Account for Upper Cervical Compensation and Sagittal Alignment.
This is a retrospective review of a prospective multicenter database. ⋯ CCA and CPT account for both cervical sagittal alignment and upper cervical compensation and can be utilized in assessment of cervical alignment.
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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.