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• Spine · Oct 2016

  Direct Repair of Lumbar Pars Interarticularis Defects by Utilizing Intraoperative O-Arm-Based Navigation and Microendoscopic Techniques.

  A retrospective analysis of the clinical outcomes of eight patients with the lumbar pars interarticulars defects treated by direct repair with the aid of intraoperative O-arm based navigation and microendoscopic techniques. ⋯ 4.

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• Spine · Oct 2016

  Concordance Rates of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis in a Danish Twin Population.

  Clinical, radiological, and genetic determination of zygosity of twin pairs from the Danish Twin Registry who self-reported having adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). ⋯ 3.

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• Spine · Oct 2016

  Review of Percutaneous Kyphoplasty in China.

  Review article. ⋯ 4.

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• Spine · Oct 2016

  Is There an Association of Epidural Corticosteroid Injection With Postoperative Surgical Site Infection After Surgery for Lumbar Degenerative Spine Disease?

  Retrospective study. ⋯ In this retrospective study we investigated whether an ESI and its timing influences the postoperative risk of an SSI. We found no association-exposure or dose-response relationship-between ESI and postoperative infection, even after adjusting for potential confounders, for any of the time periods (90-, 30-, and 30-90-day ESI). In addition, we did find that longer hospital stay, greater EBL, posterior approach, and drain placement were associated with higher infection rates.Level of Evidence: 3.

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• Spine · Oct 2016

  Preoperative T1 Slope More Than 40° as a Risk Factor of Correction Loss in Patients with Adult Spinal Deformity.

  A retrospective study of surgical outcomes of adult spinal deformity (ASD) cases. ⋯ 4.

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