Spine
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Human cadaveric study. ⋯ Intraoperative O-arm images accurately detect significant pedicle screw violations in the thoracic and lumbosacral spine but are less accurate for the cervical spine.
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Retrospective case-control study. ⋯ Spinal fusion for scoliosis in RS can give a satisfactory technical result, but a high rate of early postoperative medical problems should be anticipated.
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Prospective study of 212 patients with groin pain but without low back pain. ⋯ In the current study, we diagnosed discogenic groin pain, using magnetic resonance imaging, infiltration of lidocaine into the hip joint, pain provocation on discography, pain relief by anesthetic discoblock, and lumbar surgery. It is important to consider the existence of discogenic groin pain if patients do not show low back pain.
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Human annulus fibrosus tissue and cells were analyzed for the presence of chemokine receptors and the migratory effect of selected chemokines. ⋯ The findings suggest that chemokines, in particular CXCL10, effectively recruit isolated AFCs. This suggests that chemokines are involved in annulus fibrosus homeostasis and potentially in spontaneous annulus repair attempts. This might have important implications for biological annulus-sealing strategies.
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Experimental study of spinal cord injury (SCI) using an organotypic slice culture. ⋯ GW0742 reduces the cellular and molecular changes occurring in SCI by targeting different downstream pathways modulating PPAR-δ receptors.