Spine
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Descriptive Analysis of State and Federal Spine Surgery Malpractice Litigation in the United States.
Retrospective Review OBJECTIVE.: This study aimed to determine the factors associated with malpractice litigation in cases involving spine surgery in the United States. ⋯ 4.
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Observational Study
Incidence of Cancer in Spinal Deformity Patients Receiving High-Dose (≥40 mg) Bone Morphogenetic Protein (rhBMP-2).
Level III, Retrospective observational study. ⋯ 3.
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: The diversity among the current international practice patterns and the discrepancy between the eminence-based medicine and the evidence-based medicine in the treatment of lumbar disk herniation is presented. Minimally invasive techniques were expected to give the lowest postoperative low back pain, however, also to give the highest risk of recurrent disk herniation.
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In vitro laboratory study. ⋯ N/A.