Spine
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A retrospective review. ⋯ These results support the use of high-dose definitive radiotherapy for patients with medically inoperable or otherwise unresected, mobile spine or sacrococcygeal chordomas.
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Comparative Study
Comparison of radicular symptoms caused by lumbar disc herniation and lumbar spinal stenosis in the elderly.
Comparative study using combined data from 2 prospective cohort studies. ⋯ 3.
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Descriptive register study. ⋯ Back pain is generally experienced to a high extent by patients scheduled for spinal stenosis surgery. HRQoL and function are low preoperatively irrespective of whether back or leg pain is predominant. In this large patient material patients who grade their back and leg pain as likeworthy have significantly lower values for HRQoL and function compared to patients reporting predominant leg or back pain but the difference is not clinically relevant.
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Comparative Study
Comparison of CatWalk analysis and von Frey testing for pain assessment in a rat model of nerve crush plus inflammation.
Assessment of pain-related behavior and immunohistology of the dorsal root ganglion in a rat model. ⋯ Our results demonstrate that the CatWalk system is useful for the measurement of pain-related behavioral change in our rat model in which nociception was indicated at a cellular level. Although further studies are needed, we think that this system is a valid alternative method for the evaluation of models of lumbar disease in rodents.