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• J Spinal Disord Tech · Oct 2008

  Clinical Trial

  Minimally invasive multilevel percutaneous correction and fusion for adult lumbar degenerative scoliosis: a technique and feasibility study.

  Prospective evaluation of 12 patients undergoing surgery for lumbar degenerative scoliosis. ⋯ A combination of 3 MIS techniques allows for correction of lumbar degenerative scoliosis. Multisegment correction can be performed with less blood loss and morbidity than for open correction.

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• J Spinal Disord Tech · Oct 2008

  The utility of MRI in the evaluation of odontoid fractures.

  Retrospective radiographic review. ⋯ The results of our study demonstrate that the patients with type II and shallow type III odontoid fractures do not require MRI screening for TAL injury. We found no cases of patients with late instability to suggest that a TAL injury was missed.

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• J Spinal Disord Tech · Oct 2008

  MR findings of exaggerated fluid in facet joints predicts instability.

  Retrospective radiographic review. ⋯ Exaggerated fluid in the facets seen on axial MRI is significantly suggestive of spondylolisthesis on standing films, even if this is not appreciated on the supine sagittal MRI sequences. This is the first time that the relative incidence of subtle instability with and without this finding has been evaluated to our knowledge.

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