Spine
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Multicenter Study
A Propensity Score-matched Analysis of Clinical Outcomes between Single- and Multi-level Intervertebral Decompression for Cervical Radiculopathy.
Retrospective multicenter study with propensity score matching. ⋯ In patients with cervical radiculopathy, the surgical outcomes of the SLDG showed better improvement in clinical outcomes than those of the MLDG. Numbness remained on the distal (arms) rather than the central (neck and upper back) areas in patients receiving multilevel decompression.
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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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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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A retrospective analysis of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). ⋯ We differentiated between Modic changes and pyogenic spondylitis using a CNN that interprets MRI. The performance of the CNN was comparable to, or better than, that of the four clinicians.
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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.