Spine
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Analysis of patient and surgeon preference between selective and nonselective thoracic spinal fusions. ⋯ The DFQ quantifies the perceived trade off between residual deformity and spared motion segments. Two-year postoperative patient satisfaction, as measured by the Scoliosis Research Society-24 questionnaire, and surgeon preference, in terms of coronal radiographic outcome, correlated significantly with the DFQ.
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Comparative Study
Insertion of the artificial disc replacement: a cadaver study comparing the conventional surgical technique and the use of a navigation system.
Comparison of total disc replacement (TDR) with and without computer-assisted surgical navigation. ⋯ Surgical computer-assisted navigation may be a useful tool in the hands of a spine surgeon to achieve more accurate placement of the disc prosthesis. Because of the parallax effect, computer-assisted navigation offers more placement accuracy than stan- dard fluoroscopy. Because the accurate placement of total disc prosthesis has been correlated with better clinical outcome, further study regarding the navigation of the TDR is essential.
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Polish adaptation of the original version of Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) instrument. ⋯ The Polish version of SRS-22 is characterized by high internal consistency for all domains and for the overall score, which makes it an evaluation tool after surgical treatment compatible with the original SRS-22.
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Systematic review. ⋯ Few nonsurgical interventional therapies for low back pain have been shown to be effective in randomized, placebo-controlled trials.
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Multicenter Study
Functional and radiological outcomes of 360 degrees fusion of three or more motion levels in the lumbar spine for degenerative disc disease.
This is a single-center, multisurgeon, retrospective study of radiologic and functional outcome measures at a minimum 2-year follow-up. ⋯ The surgical treatment of lumbar degenerative disc disease by 360 degrees fusion should be considered for properly selected patients. The goal of surgery is reduction, not elimination of disability.