Spine
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Systematic review. ⋯ "Disc height," especially as measured by DHC, may be an important intraoperative consideration when selecting implant size during CDR. Maintaining DHC <2 mm may optimize PROMs and ROM. Improving technique and implant sizing may aid in translating ex vivo advantages in implant mobility to in vivo improvements in ROM and PROMs.
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Retrospectively matched case-control study. ⋯ Treatment benefits, Level IV.
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Retrospective analysis of prospective multicenter adult spinal deformity (ASD) database. ⋯ In Qui type A patients undergoing cMIS with LLIF for ASD, 27.9% develop coronal malalignment, which was associated with worse SF-36 PCS and SRS-22r function/activity. Despite radiographic malalignment, malalignment was not associated with higher 2-year complication rates including reoperations.