Spine deformity
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Patients and their families are increasingly turning to the internet for medical information. Most of these patients believe the information to be accurate and reliable. However, the quality and accuracy of that information on the internet is variable and unregulated. Accurate and applicable information may align patients' expectations and improve satisfaction and overall outcomes. ⋯ For the iGeneration and their care-givers, the internet remains the most popular source of health-related and medical information. Despite the wide number of sources available, the quality, accuracy, pertinence and intelligibility of the information remains highly variable. As clinicians, we should direct patients to verifiable sites with regulated information and, where possible, contribute high quality information to those sites.
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Retrospective case-series. ⋯ Level IV.
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A retrospective longitudinal follow-up study. ⋯ II.
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Retrospective. ⋯ Level III.
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Case Reports
Importance of intraoperative dynamic spinal cord mapping (DSCM) during complex spinal deformity surgery.
Case report and review of literature. ⋯ Dynamic spinal cord mapping helps map areas of neurophysiologic data loss permitting focused attention to the site of compromise to reverse the offending agent. This improves the chance for return of baseline data, avoiding the potential for permanent neurologic catastrophe for the patient. LOE: IV.