Spine
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Comparative Study
The cultural adaptation, reliability and validity of neck disability index in patients with neck pain: a Turkish version study.
The aim of this study was to conduct the cross-cultural adaptation of Neck Disability Index (NDI) and investigate the validity and reliability of Turkish version in patients with neck pain. ⋯ The Turkish version of NDI was found to be a valid and reliable method of measurement for evaluating disability, caused by problems of the neck region as it is easy to comprehend by the patients and the time needed to apply is short in clinics.
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Comparative Study
Sympathectomy reduces mechanical allodynia, tumor necrosis factor-alpha expression, and dorsal root ganglion apoptosis following nerve root crush injury.
An analysis of pain behavior and neuronal apoptosis in the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) following crush injury to the L5 nerve root, with or without surgical sympathectomy. ⋯ Surgical sympathectomy reduced mechanical allodynia for 14 days after nerve root crush injury, and that DRG apoptosis was decreased in injured animals that underwent sympathectomy. Sympathetic block may not only cause an increase in nerve blood flow, but may also prevent the development of significant TNF-alpha elevation, DRG apoptosis, and neuropathic pain.
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Comparative Study
Prospective pulmonary function comparison of anterior spinal fusion in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: thoracotomy versus thoracoabdominal approach.
Prospective clinical study of a retrospective database. ⋯ An open thoracotomy approach for treating a main thoracic curve demonstrated a significant decrease in the absolute pulmonary function tests values at 2 years postoperative while the thoracoabdominal approach for treating a TL/L curve did not.
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Comparative Study
Fusion rates after thoracoscopic release and bone graft substitutes in idiopathic scoliosis.
A retrospective assessment of fusion rates using either morselized allograft bone or demineralized bone matrix (DBM) following video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in idiopathic scoliosis. ⋯ Demineralized bone matrix (Grafton DBM Flex) seem to be an effective bone graft substitute in thoracoscopic surgery for idiopathic scoliosis.
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Retrospective study. ⋯ Thoracoplasty showed significantly better rib hump correction, satisfactory clinical outcomes without pulmonary function compromise, or iliac bone graft site morbidity in the treatment of thoracic AIS with pedicle screw instrumentation.