Spine
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Return to Work after Surgery for Cervical Radiculopathy: A Nationwide Registry-based Observational Study.
An observational multicenter study. ⋯ 2.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Early Postural Stability Changes in Patients Undergoing Correction of Spinal Deformity: A Prospective, Controlled Pilot Study.
Adult spinal deformity (ASD) is a prevalent condition often requiring surgical intervention. Improved outcomes among ASD patients have been shown to correlate with postoperative spinopelvic parameters, yet little is currently known about the role of postural stability and balance assessment for ASD patients. ⋯ We report a novel early improvement in postural stability, comparable to healthy controls, following ASD correction that may be related to improved spinopelvic alignment. Force plate evaluation may be a useful tool for ASD patients postoperatively. Future clinical trials assessing the impact of postural stability on clinical and radiographic outcomes are warranted.
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Retrospective study. ⋯ The combined scoring method based on 18F-FDG PET/CT provided excellent overall accuracy in distinguishing spinal infections from malignancies. This approach may prove useful for patients with MRI contraindications or with equivocal results following laboratory tests or traditional imaging when there is high suspicion for spinal infections or malignancy.
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Observational Study
Noninvasive Skin Autofluorescence of Advanced Glycation End Products for Detecting Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament in the Thoracic Spine.
A single-center prospective observational study. ⋯ The AGE score determined by noninvasive skin autofluorescence could help to screen for OPLL in the thoracic spine.
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Preclinical biomechanical study of topology optimization versus standard ring design for bioresorbable poly-ε-caprolactone (PCL) cervical spine fusion cages delivering bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) using a porcine model. ⋯ A topology-optimized PCL cage with BMP-2 is capable of resulting in an intervertebral fusion, similar to a conventional ring-based design of the same bioresorbable material.