Spine
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Multivariate analysis of prospectively collected registry data. ⋯ After univariate and multivariate analyses, Medicaid insurance status was found to be a risk factor for postoperative complications. This corresponds to an ever-growing body of medical literature that has shown similar trends and raises the concern of underinsurance.
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Prospective study based on magnetic resonance imaging for lumbar disc herniation. ⋯ 2.
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Prospective study. ⋯ We hypothesized that kyphotic alignment change by posterior structural injury after cervical laminoplasty would be more marked in patients with high T1 slope, and demonstrated that patients with cervical myelopathy with high T1 slope had more kyphotic alignment changes after cervical laminoplasty at 2-year follow-up.
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A retrospective cohort study of 2321 patients consecutively admitted to one center and diagnosed with acute symptoms of metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC). ⋯ Patients with MSCC from pulmonary and renal cancers experienced improved survival in the study period. No improvement was seen for patients with other oncological diagnoses. This corresponds to reports from oncological studies and could affect preoperative scoring systems.
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Multicenter Study
Selective thoracic fusion in Lenke 1C curves: prevalence and criteria.
Multicenter retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data. ⋯ 3.