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Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
Vertebral coplanar alignment: a standardized technique for three dimensional correction in scoliosis surgery: technical description and preliminary results in Lenke type 1 curves.
Prospective multicentric study. ⋯ VCA provided excellent correction of coronal and transverse planes with normalization of thoracic kyphosis in Lenke type 1 adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery.
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Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
Kinetics of regression of sciatica and pain in the low back after lumbar macrodiscectomy in human immunodeficiency virus carriers.
Prospective longitudinal clinical study. ⋯ At 3 months, sciatica relief (VAS <4) was recorded in 66.6% of HIV positive patients and in 70.6% of HIV negative patients. Relief of pain in the low back (VAS <4) was respectively 50.0% and 55.1% in both groups. The pattern of pain regression during the follow-up period was similar in both groups.
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Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
Predictors of a favorable outcome in patients treated by chiropractors for neck pain.
Prospective, multicenter, cohort study. ⋯ On the basis of the patient's history, the clinician can identify a number of determinants, which are predictive of a favorable outcome. Shorter duration of neck pain at the first visit was the only variable consistently found to be predictive of a favorable outcome for all 3 outcome measures examined.