Spine
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This is an international multicenter retrospective review of 219 surgically treated consecutive adult spinal deformity (ASD) patients who had a minimum of five fused segments, completed a 2-year follow-up. ⋯ We refined the PRISM by adding preventive procedures to the risk indices. Further validation and adjustment in a large different patient cohorts may improve the predictive probability of PRISM2.Level of Evidence: 3.
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Retrospective cohort study. ⋯ Increased age, current smoking status, hospital length of stay, and a history of renal failure were found to be significant independent predictors of inpatient readmission or complication after lumbar decompression.
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Retrospective study of data collected prospectively. ⋯ The degree of improvement in symptoms 6 hours after SNRB can predict the degree of improvement in LLRP at 12 months after surgery. However, symptomatic improvement after SNRB does not predict postoperative functional outcome or quality of life.Level of Evidence: 4.
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Systematic review. ⋯ Present data evidence favorable results regarding the possibility of establishing a threshold value for osteoporosis diagnosis from CT measurements of HU. Prospective large-scale studies are needed to more robustly infer the possibility of quantifying BMD based on CT as a screening test and infer a prognostic value of the CT-based evaluation.Level of Evidence: 2.
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Cross-sectional analysis. ⋯ Despite the wide number of sources available, the quality, accuracy, pertinence, and intelligibility of the information remains highly variable. Clinicians treating patients with cervical radiculopathy should direct them to verifiable sites with regulated information and, where possible, contribute high- quality information to those sites.Level of Evidence: 4.