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• Spine · Mar 2016

  Hospital Readmission within Two Years Following Adult Thoracolumbar Spinal Deformity Surgery: Prevalence, Predictors, and Effect on Patient-Derived Outcome Measures.

  Retrospective review of prospective multicenter database. ⋯ 3.

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• Spine · Mar 2016

  The Deformity Angular Ratio Describes the Severity of Spinal Deformity and Predicts the Risk of Neurologic Deficit in Posterior Vertebral Column Resection Surgery.

  Retrospective review of prospectively collected data. ⋯ 3.

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• Spine · Mar 2016

  Rate of Unsuspected Malignancy in Patients With Vertebral Compression Fracture Undergoing Percutaneous Vertebroplasty.

  Retrospective study. ⋯ Our study shows an incidence of unsuspected malignancy in biopsies during PVP of 4.9%. Conservative treatment with analgesics and brace can potentially delay diagnosis and treatment of underlying malignant disease. We recommend biopsy during PVP as a standard procedure, to insure not to overlook any underlying malignancy despite the MRI-scan, blood analysis, and clinical examination being inconspicuous.

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• Spine · Mar 2016

  Radiological Features of Scoliosis in Chiari I Malformation without Syringomyelia.

  A retrospective radiographic analysis. ⋯ 3.

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• Spine · Mar 2016

  The Rock inhibitor Immortalizes Rat Nucleus Pulposus and Annulus Fibrosus Cells: Establishment of Intervertebral Disc Cell Lines with Novel Approaches.

  Establishment of immortalized cell lines derived from rat intervertebral disc cells by Rho-associated kinase (ROCK) inhibitor, Y-27632. ⋯ N/A.

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