Spine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Effects of viewing an evidence-based video decision aid on patients' treatment preferences for spine surgery.
Secondary analysis within a large clinical trial. ⋯ After watching the evidence-based patient decision aid (video) used in SPORT, patients with specific lumbar spine disorders formed and/or strengthened their treatment preferences in a balanced way that did not appear biased toward or away from surgery.
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Multicenter Study
Acute cervical spinal cord injury complicated by preexisting ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: a multicenter study.
Retrospective multicenter study. ⋯ Prevalence of OPLL among cervical SCI was alarmingly high, especially in those without bone injury. Most of cervical SCI associated with OPLL were incomplete, without bone injury, and caused predominantly by low-energy trauma. The majority of the patients were unaware of OPLL. Surgery produced better neurologic recovery in patients who had gait disturbance before injury.
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
The morbidity and mortality of fusions from the thoracic spine to the pelvis in the adult population.
A retrospective analysis. ⋯ Complex spine reconstruction involving fusions from the thoracic spine to the pelvis continues to be a high-risk procedure in spite of more advanced surgical and perioperative techniques.