Spine
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Comparative Study
Development of a short form of the Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire.
A longitudinal design where the questionnaire was completed at a pretest and predictive ability evaluated with a 1-year follow-up. A second sample was employed to provide a replication. ⋯ The short form of the ÖMSPQ is appropriate for clinical and research purposes, since it is nearly as accurate as the longer version.
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A cross-sectional survey of 2083 schoolchildren. ⋯ There is a high prevalence of LBP in Chinese schoolchildren. The occurrence of LBP increases with age in both sexes. LBP is significantly more prevalent in girls.
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Case Reports
Septic shock after posterior spinal arthrodesis on a patient with Scheuermann kyphosis and multiple body piercings.
A case report. ⋯ The development of septic shock as a result of piercing reinsertion in the postoperative period has not been previously reported. This is an important consideration to prevent potentially life-threatening complications following major spinal surgery.
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Analysis of a prospective series of 300 consecutive cases undergoing intraoperative monitoring in pediatric orthopedic spinal surgery, of which 10% were children younger than 4 years. ⋯ In some cases of kyphoscoliosis, during a posterior-based vertebral column resection, monitoring changes were corrected by positioning a rod that allowed correction of the position of the spine in the sagittal plane. Intraoperative spinal cord monitoring can be performed in children younger than 4 years and allows real-time assessment of spinal functional integrity.
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Case Reports
Salvage of lumbar pseudarthrosis with customized large-diameter pedicle screws: report of two cases.
A report of two cases using custom-manufactured pedicle screws for revision spinal arthrodesis for pseudarthrosis in the setting of widely dilated pedicle screw tracts. ⋯ This is a previously unreported technique for revision spinal fusion in the setting of loose instrumentation with widely dilated pedicle screw tracts.