Spine
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Can Decision Support Help Patients With Spinal Stenosis Make a Treatment Choice?: A Prospective Study Assessing the Impact of a Patient Decision Aid and Health Coaching.
A prospective, randomized study on patients with lumbar spinal stenosis who received a decision support intervention to facilitate their treatment choice. ⋯ 3.
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Prospective, nonrandomized cohort. ⋯ NA.
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Literature review. ⋯ N/A.
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Biologics in the appropriate biomechanical environment provide viable bone graft substitutes for repair of injured bone while promoting bone formation and osseointegration. Surgeons must recall the basics of bone structure, the principles of Wolff's law, and the components and steps of new bone formation to optimize the fusion environment and to maximize patient outcomes.
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A retrospective review of prospectively collected data. ⋯ 3.