Spine
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Cross-sectional; observational. ⋯ NaF-PET/CT detects decreased vertebral bone turnover with aging, particularly in females. Measured NaF uptake increased with PET acquisition time after tracer injection, which must be considered in follow-up studies monitoring disease development and treatment effects.
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Biomechanical study. ⋯ This preliminary work demonstrates that motorized robotic cervical traction can safely and effectively apply controlled traction forces.
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Retrospective study. ⋯ Both NSAID and COX-2 inhibitor use in the early post-surgical period may be associated with increased rates of pseudarthrosis, hardware failure, and revision surgery in patients undergoing posterior spinal instrumentation and fusion.
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A cross-sectional study was performed using the National Institutes of Health All of Us survey database. ⋯ 4.
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Retrospective database analysis. ⋯ The utilization of IONM for elective lumbar surgeries continues to gain popularity. Our results indicated that IONM use was not associated with a reduction in neurological deficits and will not support the routine use of IONM for all elective lumbar surgery.