Neurosurgery
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Trials of lumbar spondylolisthesis are difficult to compare because of the heterogeneity in the populations studied. ⋯ We define 2 distinct phenotypes-those with high vs intermediate disease burden-operated for lumbar spondylolisthesis. Those with high disease burden were less satisfied, had a lower quality of life, and more disability, more back pain, and more leg pain than those with intermediate disease burden, but had greater magnitudes of improvement in disability, back pain, quality of life, and more often reached ODI MCID.
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Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common peripheral entrapment neuropathy. However, CTS-related changes of brain structural covariance and structural covariance networks (SCNs) patterns have not been clearly studied. ⋯ CTS had a profound impact on brain structures from perspectives of structural connectivity and SCNs.