Spine
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Prospective clinical study. ⋯ These findings are important for the operating room personnel, which is exposed daily to radiation intraoperatively, as well as the patients, when using CAS procedures.
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This is a prospective cohort study with a follow-up period of 6 months. ⋯ The primary treatment of complaints the of arm, neck, and/or shoulder in physiotherapy practice consists of exercise therapy and massage therapy, mostly being a combination of both. Future studies should focus on the effectiveness of exercise therapies, combined or not combined with massage, for patients with complaints of the arm, neck, and/or shoulder.
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A prospective observational study. ⋯ Pain in the suprascapular, interscapular, or scapular regions can originate directly in the compressed root. The site of the pain is valuable for determining localization of the involved root.
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Sequential cross-sectional study. ⋯ While inpatient lumbar surgery rates remained relatively stable for 1994 to 2000, outpatient surgery increased over time.
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Prospective study analyzing midterm clinical results of total lumbar disc replacement (ProDisc II) for different indications. ⋯ Present data suggest beneficial clinical results of TDR for treatment of DDD in a highly selected group of patients. Better functional outcome was obtained in younger patients under 40 years of age and patients with degenerative disc disease in association with disc herniation. Multilevel disc replacement had significantly higher complication rate and inferior outcome. Results are significantly dependent on preoperative diagnosis and patient selection, number of replaced segments, and age of the patient at the time of operation. Because of significantly varying outcomes, indications for disc replacement must be defined precisely.