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• Spine · Dec 2013

  Multicenter Study Clinical Trial

  Anterior versus posterior surgical approaches to treat cervical spondylotic myelopathy: outcomes of the prospective multicenter AOSpine North America CSM study in 264 patients.

  A prospective observational multicenter study. ⋯ 3.

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• Spine · Dec 2013

  Identification of risk factors for new-onset sciatica in Japanese workers: findings from the Japan epidemiological research of Occupation-related Back pain study.

  Two-year, prospective cohort data collected for the Japan epidemiological research of Occupation-related Back pain study were used for the analysis. ⋯ 3.

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• Spine · Dec 2013

  Foot drop caused by single-level disc protrusion between T10 and L1.

  Retrospective investigation of surgical treatment of 25 patients with foot drop from single-level disc protrusion in the region of T10 to L1. ⋯ 4.

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• Spine · Dec 2013

  Case Reports

  Sciatica and claudication caused by ganglion cyst.

  Case report. ⋯ For an extraspinal source, a direct compression on the sciatic nerve also resulted in sciatica and claudication. A meticulous physical examination is very important for the differential diagnosis of extraspinal sciatica from spinal sciatica.

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• Spine · Dec 2013

  Radiographical predictors for postoperative sagittal imbalance in patients with thoracolumbar kyphosis secondary to ankylosing spondylitis after lumbar pedicle subtraction osteotomy.

  A retrospective radiographical study. ⋯ 4.

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