Spine
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Systematic literature review. ⋯ 2.
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The effects of participant characteristics along with descriptions of pain and psychological involvement, such as fear avoidance, were assessed using structural equation modeling (SEM) to identify relationships between these factors and disability as a result of low back pain (LBP). ⋯ 3.
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This was a retrospective study of patients with Chiari I (CM I) and Chiari II (CM II) malformations, tethered cord syndrome, and syringomyelia examining the effect of neurosurgery on scoliosis. ⋯ 4.
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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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Meta-analysis to collect all eligible studies for investigating whether cartilage intermediate layer protein (CILP) gene rs2073711 polymorphism is associated with susceptibility to intervertebral disc degeneration (IVD). ⋯ 2.