Spine
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Prospective cohort. ⋯ This study found no association between distal fusion level and postoperative sports participation. Even though many patients may elect to change sports, nearly all patients returned to sports, and the majority of patients returned to the same level of sports competition or higher after PSF for AIS.
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Prospective, cross-sectional cohort study. ⋯ Level III.
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Observational Study
Risk Factors for Ambulatory Surgery Conversion to Extended Stay Among Patients Undergoing One- or Two-Level Posterior Lumbar Decompression.
A retrospective observational study. ⋯ Several surgical factors along with patient-specific factors were significantly associated with AMS conversion. Addressing modifiable surgical factors might reduce the AMS conversion rate and be beneficial to patients and facilities.
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Observational Study
Perinatal Disorders and Small Birthweight are Significantly Associated With Small Vertebral Neural Canal Size in a Contemporary Pediatric Autopsy Sample.
A retrospective, nonblinded, single-center observational study. ⋯ Level 2.
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Double-blinded, prospective laboratory animal study. ⋯ These results demonstrate that spine surgery for unilateral laminectomy induces central sensitization that results in postoperative pain hypersensitivity. Intraoperative SCS after laminectomy may be able to mitigate the development of this hypersensitivity in appropriately selected cases.