Spine
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Review Case Reports
Predictors for mortality in elderly patients with cervical spine injury: a systematic methodological review.
Systematic methodological review. ⋯ Although there is no conclusive evidence regarding the mortality of elderly patients with CSI, these data provide information that can help us to make recommendations and to counsel patients and their families. Special attention should be paid to the 3 strong predictors. Further studies will be required to validate these predictors.
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Case report. ⋯ This case report presents the association between suboccipital muscles and AARF, suggesting that the soft tissue release of suboccipital muscle group may facilitate recovery from AARF. More studies are needed to verify the inferences of this case report.
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Prospective cohort study. ⋯ Postoperative STS is a self-limiting process. The magnitude of STS during the postoperative period does not seem to influence the development of chronic dysphagia.
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Prospective cohort study. ⋯ Adopting the new stability criteria, MRI accuracy in PLC injury diagnosis increases. Specificity is increased (true positives) both in isolated component analysis and PLC as a whole.
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Cross-sectional analysis of patient-reported preoperative data. ⋯ We developed a valid and reliable patient-derived expectations survey for patients undergoing cervical spine surgery that addresses expectations for physical and psychological well-being and generates an easy-to-interpret overall score. The survey can be used clinically and for research and fills a gap in the comprehensive preoperative assessment of patients undergoing cervical spine surgery.