Spine
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Prospective cohort study. ⋯ CS patients' physical activity is significantly lower than the general population or the frequently stated goals of 7000 to 10,000 steps/day. Standardized, continuous wearable physical activity monitoring in CS is a reliable, valid, and normalized outcome tool that may help characterize functional impairment before and after spinal interventions.
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A single-centre retrospective study of prospectively collected data. ⋯ Treatment of far lateral nerve root compression showed an overall good patient-reported outcome, but with less improvement with advanced CSCA. Modified approaches and techniques might be preferable for levels L5/S1.
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Observational Study
Intraoperative Surgeon Assessment of Bone: Correlation to Bone Mineral Density, CT Hounsfield units and Vertebral Bone Quality.
Retrospective observational study of consecutive patients. ⋯ Spine surgeons' qualitative intraoperative assessment of bone correlates with preoperative radiologic parameters, particularly in posterior thoracolumbar surgeries. This information is valuable to surgeons as this supports the idea that decisions based on feel in surgery have a statistical foundation.
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Retrospective population-based database analysis from the Physician/Supplier Procedure Summary Medicare/Medicaid Data Set. ⋯ While utilization of spinal orthosis decreased between 2010 and 2021, increased utilization was observed among a subset of specialties. Identifying these specialties allows for focused research and educational efforts to minimize unnecessary durable medical equipment use for effective health care spending.
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Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data. ⋯ According to the results of the presented study, the RPV method is the most appropriate to define primary AP, which is not a pathologic condition and is most often observed in young adults with idiopathic scoliosis. Anteverted pelvis does not require direct surgical correction in this patient group.