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• Spine · Dec 2023

  Vertebral Bone Quality Score as a Predictor of Pedicle Screw Loosening following Surgery for Degenerative Lumbar Disease.

  Retrospective study. ⋯ The VBQ score was an influential factor associated with lumbar pedicle screw loosening, and a higher VBQ score was significantly correlated with a higher risk of screw loosening. The VBQ score was a better predictor of pedicle screw loosening than the HU value in patients who underwent pedicle screw fixation for degenerative lumbar disease.

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• Spine · Dec 2023

  Predictors of Subsidence and Its Clinical Impact Following Expandable Cage Insertion in Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Interbody Fusion.

  Retrospective review of prospectively collected multisurgeon data. ⋯ Level 4.

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• Spine · Dec 2023

  Hsa_circ_0001946 Ameliorates Mechanical Stress-induced Intervertebral Disk Degeneration Via Targeting miR-432-5p and SOX9.

  Experimental analysis of circular RNA in intervertebral disk degeneration (IDD). ⋯ Circ-CDR1as binds to miR-432-5p and plays a protective role in mitigating compression-induced NP cell apoptosis and ECM degradation by targeting SOX9. Circ-CDR1as may provide a novel therapeutic target for the clinical management of IDD in the future.

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