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• Spine · Oct 2016

  Multicenter Study

  Analysis of Segmental Mobility Following a Novel Posterior Apical Short-Segment Correction for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.

  A prospective, nonrandomized, multicenter study. ⋯ 4.

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• Spine · Oct 2016

  Dumbbell Scoring System: A New Method for the Differential Diagnosis of Malignant and Benign Spinal Dumbbell Tumors.

  Retrospective diagnostic analysis. ⋯ 4.

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• Spine · Oct 2016

  Does Tobacco Use Attenuate Benefits of Early Decompression in Patients with Cervical Myelopathy?

  A retrospective cohort. ⋯ 3.

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• Spine · Oct 2016

  Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion - The Surgical Learning Curve.

  Case-series OBJECTIVE.: The aim of the study was to investigate changes in intraoperative and postoperative parameters associated with the surgical learning curve for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). ⋯ 4.

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• Spine · Oct 2016

  Utility of the LevelCheck Algorithm for Decision Support in Vertebral Localization.

  An automatic radiographic labeling algorithm called "LevelCheck" was analyzed as a means of decision support for target localization in spine surgery. The potential clinical utility and scenarios in which LevelCheck is likely to be the most beneficial were assessed in a retrospective clinical data set (398 cases) in terms of expert consensus from a multi-reader study (three spine surgeons). ⋯ N/A.

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