Spine
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Comparative Study
Comparison of Bone Mineral Density in Children and Adolescents on CT Versus DEXA Scan.
Retrospective cross-sectional. ⋯ HU on lumbar CT in children and adolescents with DEXA Z -scores <-2.0, were lower when compared with healthy matched controls. This study suggests that HU on opportunistic CT scans of the spine may be used as a reasonable proxy for BMD in the pediatric population.
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Retrospective single-center study. ⋯ 3.
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Meta-Analysis. ⋯ Non-obese patients undergoing ASD corrective surgery are associated with fewer implant-related complications, a lower EBL, shorter LOS, and a higher likelihood of being discharged home compared to their obese counterparts.
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Retrospective cohort study. ⋯ L1PA may be a helpful radiographic consideration that translates to clinically relevant outcomes in spinal deformity. However, it does not appear as predictive of patient outcomes after single-level fusion for patients with L4-L5 degenerative spondylolisthesis. Further studies are warranted to investigate the role of L1PA in degenerative spine patients.
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Multicentric, retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data. ⋯ Patients with a concordant surgical prediction and management had higher odds of achieving the MCID, indicating a good correlation between prediction and clinical outcomes. In Cluster 3, the low percentage of patients with conservative prediction achieving the MCID suggests that machine learning could well identify patients with poor clinical outcomes.