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• Spine · Dec 2016

  Most 30-day Readmissions After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion are Not Due to Surgical Site-Related Issues: An Analysis of 17,088 Patients.

  A retrospective study of patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) in the prospective National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database. ⋯ 3.

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• Spine · Dec 2016

  Is It Necessary to Extend a Multilevel Posterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion to the Upper Thoracic Spine?

  A retrospective cohort analysis. ⋯ 3.

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• Spine · Dec 2016

  Multicenter Study

  Frailty Index is a Significant Predictor of Complications and Mortality Following Surgery for Adult Spinal Deformity.

  Retrospective study of prospectively collected data. ⋯ 3.

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• Spine · Dec 2016

  Variations in Occipitocervical and Cervicothoracic Alignment Parameters based on Age: A Prospective Study of Asymptomatic Volunteers using Full-Body Radiographs.

  Cross-Sectional Cohort Study OBJECTIVE.: To describe age-stratified normative values of novel occipitocervical, cervical, and cervicothoracic alignment parameters. ⋯ 4.

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• Spine · Dec 2016

  Variations in Sagittal Alignment Parameters based on Age: A Prospective Study of Asymptomatic Volunteers using Full-Body Radiographs.

  Cross-sectional cohort study. ⋯ 4.

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