Spine
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Review article of medical complications related to adult spinal deformity surgery. ⋯ Awareness of the presentation, treatment, and prevention of medical complications of deformity surgery may allow minimization of their occurrence and optimize treatment should they occur.
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An anatomic and biomechanical bench-top basic scientific comparative analysis to determine the appropriateness of total disc replacement (TDR) in a lumbar spine with scoliotic tendencies. ⋯ The neutral zone of the intact cervical spine was restored even using an unconstrained cervical TDR. The greater inherent rotational constraints of the cervical spine make it more amenable to stable multilevel arthroplasty compared with the lumbar spine.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Randomized controlled trial of specific spinal stabilization exercises and conventional physiotherapy for recurrent low back pain.
Pragmatic, multicentered randomized controlled trial, with 12-month follow-up. ⋯ Patients with LBP had improvement with both treatment packages to a similar degree. There was no additional benefit of adding specific spinal stabilization exercises to a conventional physiotherapy package for patients with recurrent LBP.
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Review Case Reports
Lumbosacral nerve root anomaly associated with spondylolisthesis in an adolescent: a case report and review of the literature.
Case report. ⋯ This case emphasizes the need to consider the presence of lumbosacral nerve root anomalies in cases in which neurologic findings exceed what would be anticipated. Preoperative identification of these anomalies allows for their existence to be considered in the surgical plan.
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Review article. ⋯ An appreciation of both the coronal and sagittal plane components of spinal deformity is mandatory to achieve optimal results with surgical stabilization of adult scoliosis.