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• Spine · Nov 2019

  The Role of Cross-Links in Posterior Spinal Fusion for Cerebral Palsy-Related Scoliosis.

  Retrospective review of a multicenter, prospective database. ⋯ 3.

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• Spine · Nov 2019

  Implant Design and the Anchoring Mechanism influence the Incidence of Heterotopic Ossification in cervical Total Disc Replacement at 2-year follow-up.

  A nonrandomized, prospective, and single-center clinical trial. ⋯ 3.

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• Spine · Nov 2019

  Cost-Effectiveness of Operative vs Nonoperative Treatment of Adult Symptomatic Lumbar Scoliosis an Intent-to-Treat Analysis at Five Year Follow-up.

  Secondary analysis using data from the NIH-sponsored study on adult symptomatic lumbar scoliosis (ASLS) that included randomized and observational arms. ⋯ 2.

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• Spine · Nov 2019

  Responsiveness of EQ-5D Youth version 5-level (EQ-5D-5L-Y) and 3-level (EQ-5D-3L-Y) in Patients With Idiopathic Scoliosis.

  Prospective cohort study OBJECTIVE.: The aim of this study was to evaluate the responsiveness of EQ-5D Youth version (EQ-5D-Y) 5-level and 3-level in patients with idiopathic scoliosis SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA.: A new version of EQ-5D-Y increasing the number of response levels from 3 (3LY) to 5 (5LY) has been recently introduced. Although the validity and reliability of 5LY and 3LY for use in idiopathic scoliosis patients are compared, responsiveness of two questionnaires among children and adolescents is unknown. ⋯ 2.

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• Spine · Nov 2019

  Muscle-evoked Potentials After Electrical Stimulation to the Brain in Patients Undergoing Spinal Surgery are Less Affected by Anesthetic Fade With Constant-voltage Stimulation Than With Constant-current Stimulation.

  A prospective, within-subject study was conducted. ⋯ 3.

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