Spine
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Nine patients with malignant sacral tumor underwent 1-stage total sacrectomy. The oncological and functional results are analyzed. ⋯ Total sacrectomy can be performed successfully using a 1-stage combined anterior and posterior approach and is an important procedure for the treatment of primary malignant tumor involving the top portion of or the whole sacrum.
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Cross-sectional study. ⋯ The Rasch analysis lends support to the unidimensionality of the 7 items of the NDI, to its usefulness in capturing the disability in patients with neck disorder and it being generally robust to external factors.
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A prospective analysis ⋯ 4.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Single- versus multilevel fusion for single-level degenerative spondylolisthesis and multilevel lumbar stenosis: four-year results of the spine patient outcomes research trial.
A subanalysis study. ⋯ Decompression and single-level fusion and decompression and multilevel fusion provide similar outcomes in patients with multilevel lumbar stenosis and single-level DS.
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A systematic review of published trials in orthopedic spine literature. ⋯ This study shows that in open spine surgery RCTs information on skill and experience is scarcely reported. Authors often fail to report essential methodological safeguards. These studies may therefore be prone to expertise bias.