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• Spine · Dec 2021

  Identifying Acute Lumbar Spondylolysis in Young Athletes with Low Back Pain: Retrospective Classification and Regression Tree Analysis.

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• Spine · Dec 2021

  The Rates and Risk Factors of Intra-Pedicular Accuracy and Proximal Facet Joint Violation for Single-Level Degenerative Lumbar Diseases: Cortical Bone Trajectory versus Traditional Trajectory Pedicle Screw.

  A retrospective study. ⋯ Compared with the TT approach in TLIF, the CBT approach showed similar intra-pedicular accuracy and remarkable superiority in proximal facet joint protection. Facet angle ≥45° is the independent risk factors for proximal FJV.Level of Evidence: 2.

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• Spine · Dec 2021

  Review Case Reports

  Cost-utility Analysis Comparing Bracing Versus Observation for Skeletally Immature Patients With Thoracic Scoliosis.

  Cost-utility analysis. ⋯ Cost-utility analysis supports scoliosis bracing as the preferred choice in management of appropriately indicated AIS patients with thoracic scoliosis.Level of Evidence: 5.

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• Spine · Dec 2021

  Legacy Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Can Be Reliably Translated to PROMIS Domains for Use in Adolescent Spinal Deformity.

  Retrospective cohort study. ⋯ All of the evaluated PROMIS domains (Pain Interference, Mobility, Physical Stress Experiences, Psychological Stress Experiences, Physical Activity) were reliably translated directly from these legacy scores for pediatric and adolescent patients with spinal deformity.Level of Evidence: 3.

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• Spine · Dec 2021

  Multicenter Study

  Complications and Revision Rates in Minimally Invasive Robotic-Guided Versus Fluoroscopic-Guided Spinal Fusions: The MIS ReFRESH Prospective Comparative Study.

  Prospective, multicenter, partially randomized. ⋯ Mazor robotic-guidance was found to have a 5.8 times lower risk of a surgical complication and 11.0 times lower risk for revision surgery. Surgical time was similar between groups and robotic-guidance reduced fluoro time per screw by 80% (approximately 1 min/case).Level of Evidence: 2.

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