Spine
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Meta Analysis Comparative Study
Comparing the Diagnostic Accuracies of F-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Detection of Spondylodiscitis: A Meta-analysis.
A meta-analysis. ⋯ 2.
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A retrospective database analysis among Medicare beneficiaries OBJECTIVE.: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of chronic steroid use and chronic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection on rates of surgical site infection (SSI) and mortality in patients 65 years of age and older who were treated with lumbar spine fusion. ⋯ 3.
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Observational Study
Improvement in Work Ability, Psychological Distress and Pain Sites in Relation to Low Back Pain Prognosis: A Longitudinal Observational Study in Primary Care.
Prospective observational study pooled from two clinical cohorts. ⋯ 2.
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Multicenter Study
Epidemiological State, Predictors of Early Mortality, and Predictive Models for Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Multicenter Nationwide Cohort Study.
Multi-center, retrospective cohort study. ⋯ 3.