Spine
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Retrospective analysis of lumbosacral radiculography using 3-dimensional (3D) magnetic resonance (MR) rendering in patients with extraforaminal disc herniation. ⋯ Based on lumbosacral radiculography through 3D MR rendering, important findings related to the diagnosis of symptomatic extraforaminal disc herniation include swelling of DRG and/or nerve roots and DRG indentation. Ultimately, 3D MR lumbosacral radiculography is a very useful method in the diagnosis of the symptomatic extraforaminal disc herniation.
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Review Case Reports
Unstable pathological fracture of the odontoid process caused by Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
A case report and literature review. ⋯ Immobilization and systemic chemotherapy with close observation are adequate for the management of patients despite the unstable pathological fracture of the odontoid process.
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The Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ) was translated and then adapted and validated. ⋯ The SCRMDQ was reliable and valid as a low back pain measurement tool in patients with or without radicular leg pain in Mainland China. The further use and research with the questionnaire were recommended.
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Retrospective clinicoradiographic analysis. ⋯ With long fusions to the sacrum, one should anticipate more perioperative complications, a higher pseudarthrosis rate, and perhaps more revision surgery than short fusions. Short fusions may result in a more proximal junctional kyphosis, only rarely requiring revision surgery.
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A retrospective cohort study comparing long-term clinical and radiographical outcomes using selective thoracic instrumented fusion versus long instrumented fusion for the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). ⋯ Spinal balance and correction of the lumbar curve remain stable over time in selective thoracic fusion. Those with selective fusions have outcome measures comparable with those with long fusions.