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• Spine · Oct 2013

  Review Comparative Study

  Cell based therapies as compared to autologous bone grafts for spinal arthrodesis.

  Systematic review. ⋯ 2.

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• Spine · Oct 2013

  Incidence and risk factors for dysphagia after anterior cervical fusion.

  Retrospective database analysis. ⋯ 3.

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• Spine · Oct 2013

  Implant survival analysis and failure modes of the X-Stop interspinous distraction device.

  Retrospective cohort study. ⋯ Clinical outcome after X-Stop implantation might be considerably less favorable than when it was being published previously. Patient selection might be a reason for early revision surgery. More criteria for better X-Stop indications might be needed.

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• Spine · Oct 2013

  Diagnostic advancement of axial loaded lumbar spine MRI in patients with clinically suspected central spinal canal stenosis.

  Case series study. ⋯ 4.

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• Spine · Oct 2013

  Posteriorly directed shear loads and disc degeneration affect the torsional stiffness of spinal motion segments: a biomechanical modeling study.

  Finite element study. ⋯ N/A.

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