Spine
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Retrospective review on prospective cohort and explicit chart review. ⋯ 3.
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Effect of spinal deformity on adolescent quality of life: comparison of operative scheuermann kyphosis, adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, and normal controls.
A prospective multicenter study and retrospective chart review. ⋯ 1.
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Comparative Study
Use of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 with local bone graft instead of iliac crest bone graft in posterolateral lumbar spine arthrodesis.
Prospective clinical study. ⋯ 4.
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Multicenter Study
Predictive factors for a poor surgical outcome with thoracic ossification of the ligamentum flavum by multivariate analysis: a multicenter study.
Retrospective multi-institutional study. ⋯ 3.
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A genetic association study of the transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGFB1) gene with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) in Russian population. ⋯ This study, for the first time, highlights the importance of TGFB1 gene for the development and progress of AIS. We hypothesize several mechanisms by which the TGFB1 gene may contribute to spinal deformity in patients with AIS.