Spine
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Surgical treatment of Lenke 1 main thoracic idiopathic scoliosis: results of a prospective, multicenter study.
Prospective, consecutive, nonrandomized, multicenter study. ⋯ 2.
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Review Case Reports
Rapidly progressive Scheuermann's disease in an adolescent after pectus bar placement treated with posterior vertebral-column resection: case report and review of the literature.
Case report and review of the literature. ⋯ The costosternal complex plays a critically important role in the intrinsic stability of the thoracic spine. Iatrogenic disruption of the costosternal complex can result in rapid progression of thoracic/thoracolumbar kyphosis in the setting of Scheuermann's disease.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Balloon kyphoplasty versus KIVA vertebral augmentation--comparison of 2 techniques for osteoporotic vertebral body fractures: a prospective randomized study.
Prospective, parallel-group, controlled comparative randomized study. ⋯ Both KIVA and BK restored in short-term similarly vertebral body height, but only KIVA restored vertebral body wedge deformity. KIVA was followed by significantly lower and harmless always extracanal leakage rate than BK. Longer observation is needed to show whether these radiological changes have any functional impact.
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Comparative Study
Comparison of cranial facet joint violation rates between open and percutaneous pedicle screw placement using intraoperative 3-D CT (O-arm) computer navigation.
Retrospective study comparing cranial facet joint violation rates of open and percutaneous pedicle screws inserted using 3-dimensional image-guidance. ⋯ 4.