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• Spine · Dec 2018

  Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study

  Adjacent Disc Degeneration After Lumbar Total Disc Replacement or Non-operative Treatment: A Randomized Study With Eight-year Follow-up.

  A randomized controlled multicenter trial with 8-year follow-up. ⋯ 1.

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• Spine · Dec 2018

  Considering Spine Surgery: A Web-Based Calculator for Communicating Estimates of Personalized Treatment Outcomes.

  Prospective evaluation of an informational web-based calculator for communicating estimates of personalized treatment outcomes. ⋯ 2.

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• Spine · Dec 2018

  Proprioceptive Weighting Ratio for Balance Control in Static Standing Is Reduced in Elderly Patients With Non-Specific Low Back Pain.

  MINI: Elderly patients older than 65 years were divided into non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) and non-LBP (NLBP) groups. The postural control study of the relative contributions of different proprioceptive signals (relative proprioceptive weighting ratio [RPW]) revealed lower leg proprioceptive decreases (RPW 240 Hz) in NSLBP compared to NLBP.

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• Spine · Dec 2018

  Opioid Dependence and Prolonged Length of Stay in Lumbar Fusion: A Retrospective Study Utilizing the National Inpatient Sample 2003-2014.

  Retrospective cohort utilizing the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) 2003 to 2014. ⋯ 3.

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• Spine · Dec 2018

  Case Reports

  Post Dengue Fever Epidural Abscess With or Without Spondylodiscitis: A Case Series of Eight Patients in a Single Season in a Single Center: Does the Dengue Have a Predilection for the Neural Tissue?

  A retrospective case series. ⋯ 4.

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