Spine
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Prospective clinical validation study of questionnaire to assess dysphagia. ⋯ We consider the DSQ to be a validated tool for the assessment of dysphagia in ACSS patients. Dysphagia after ACSS for cervical spondylosis is common but the symptoms on a group level are not very severe and are also temporary.
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Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample database from 2000 to 2008. ⋯ Patients with metabolic syndrome undergoing primary posterior lumbar spinal fusion represent an increasing financial burden on the health care system. Clinicians should recognize that metabolic syndrome represents a risk factor for increased perioperative morbidity.
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Population-based, retrospective cohort. ⋯ Radiating spinal pain is an important risk factor for future sickness benefit. Radiating spinal pain was not associated with the duration of sickness benefit. These findings were independent of the effects of pain duration at baseline. The results highlight the need for interventions to prevent the onset of work disability, especially for those with radiating pain.
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A large-scale retrospective study of analysis of postoperative residual symptom in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). ⋯ Motor function impairments of the lower extremities and sensory function impairments of the upper extremities persist more than other symptoms after surgery. Such findings should be incorporated within treatment-planning discussions.
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Prospective cohort study. ⋯ MR images correlated with AO progressive scale of morphological damage, which showed a progressive orderly rupture sequence among the different PLC components as traumatic forces increased.