Spine
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Multicenter Study
Operative duration as an independent risk factor for postoperative complications in single-level lumbar fusion: an analysis of 4588 surgical cases.
Multicenter retrospective cohort study. ⋯ 3.
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Prospective multicenter study of patients who underwent pediatric spinal deformity correction with posterior spinal fusion and instrumentation. ⋯ 4.
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Retrospective review of the literature. ⋯ Definition of surgical level is imperative in the surgical treatment for TDH. Outcomes of minimum invasive surgery are satisfactory. Type of disc herniation and biomechanical stability are the important factors for surgical planning.
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Cross sectional study. ⋯ Although limited by small sample size, the objective parameter, MRI index, can be a potential imaging biomarker used to identify possible pain generators. This study presents a potential new application of MR imaging in identifying pain generators of patients with chronic low back pain.
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Retrospective cohort study of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database from 2005 to 2010 that included 1861 patients who had undergone elective posterior lumbar fusion. ⋯ 3.