Spine
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Case Reports
The da Vinci robotic surgical assisted anterior lumbar interbody fusion: technical development and case report.
Technique development to use the da Vince Robotic Surgical System for anterior lumbar interbody fusion at L5-S1 is detailed. A case report is also presented. ⋯ 4.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Physical function outcome in cervical radiculopathy patients after physiotherapy alone compared with anterior surgery followed by physiotherapy: a prospective randomized study with a 2-year follow-up.
Prospective randomized study. ⋯ 2.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Epidural steroid injections are associated with less improvement in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis: a subgroup analysis of the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial.
Subgroup analysis of prospective, randomized database from the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT). ⋯ Despite equivalent baseline status, ESIs were associated with significantly less improvement at 4 years among all patients with spinal stenosis in SPORT. Furthermore, ESIs were associated with longer duration of surgery and longer hospital stay. There was no improvement in outcome with ESI whether patients were treated surgically or nonsurgically.