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• Spine · Oct 2014

  Local intrawound vancomycin powder decreases the risk of surgical site infections in complex adult deformity reconstruction: a cost analysis.

  Retrospective cohort analysis. ⋯ 3.

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• Spine · Oct 2014

  Specimen-specific nonlinear finite element modeling to predict vertebrae fracture loads after vertebroplasty.

  Vertebral fracture load and stiffness from a metastatic vertebral defect model were predicted using nonlinear finite element models (FEM) and validated experimentally. ⋯ N/A.

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• Spine · Oct 2014

  Incidental durotomy during spinal surgery: a multivariate analysis for risk factors.

  Multivariate analysis. ⋯ 3.

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• Spine · Oct 2014

  Could structural and noncompensatory Lenke 3 and 4C lumbar curves be nonstructural and compensatory? Lenke 1, 2, 3, and 4 curve types were similar and could be considered collectively as a single indication for selective thoracic fusion.

  Retrospective radiographical review. ⋯ 2.

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• Spine · Oct 2014

  Effect of posterior multilevel vertebral osteotomies on coronal and sagittal balance in fused scoliosis deformity caused by previous surgery: preliminary results.

  Prospective case series study. ⋯ 4.

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