Spine
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Prospective, intraoperative force measurement in consecutive lengthening procedures in a series of growing-rod patients undergoing lengthening. ⋯ Distraction forces increase significantly after repeated lengthening of growing-rod constructs, and the length obtained at each procedure exhibits a decreasing trend.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
A randomized trial comparing acupuncture and simulated acupuncture for subacute and chronic whiplash.
A randomized controlled trial with 3 and 6 months follow-up. ⋯ Real electroacupuncture was associated with a significant reduction in pain intensity over at least 6 months. This reduction was probably not clinically significant. There was no improvement in disability or quality of life.
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Case Reports
The security analysis of transpedicular screw fixation in the lower cervical spine and a case report.
This study evaluated the anatomical parameters of the lower cervical spine by imaging methods and reported a case. ⋯ There was an "escaping space" for the vertebral artery and spinal cord. CTSF in the superior part of pedicle was relatively safer from accidental perforation of the vertebral artery than CTSF in the inferior part, and in C6 and C7, CTSF was safer from this injury than in C3, C4, and C5.
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Case Reports
Nightmare complication after lumbar disc surgery: cranial nontraumatic acute epidural hematoma.
Case report. ⋯ There have been described rare cases of spontaneous subdural, intracerebral, and intracerebellar hematoma caused by intracranial hypotension, but this is the first described case of spontaneous cranial epidural hematoma after lumbar disc surgery caused by intracranial hypotension.