Spine
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A prospective, comparative study on clinical, radiographic, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) outcomes in adolescents with acute spondylolysis treated with a rigid thoracolumbar orthosis (Boston brace) or with a placebo (elastic lumbar support) with a 2-year follow-up time. ⋯ II.
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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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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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Cadaveric study. ⋯ Our cadaveric study demonstrates that an adequately performed E-TLIF discectomy may be comparable to a T-TLIF discectomy. Further research is required to maximize the efficiency and instrumentation of this technique.
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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.