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• Spine · Mar 2016

  National Trends in the Surgical Management of Adult Lumbar Isthmic Spondylolisthesis: 1998 to 2011.

  A retrospective review. ⋯ Use of fusion for ISY has significantly increased and interbody fusion has become the most preferred approach over the study period. Hospital charges and complications were highest for combined anterior-posterior fusions.

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• Spine · Mar 2016

  Factors Affecting Postoperative Neurological Deficits After Nerve Root Resection for the Treatment of Spinal Intradural Schwannomas.

  A retrospective clinical data analysis. ⋯ 4.

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• Spine · Mar 2016

  Implant Failure of Titanium Versus Cobalt-Chromium Growing Rods in Early-onset Scoliosis.

  Retrospective case series of one institute database. ⋯ Rod fractures occurred more commonly with titanium rods and connector fractures with cobalt-chromium rods.

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• Spine · Mar 2016

  Low Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound Promotes the Extracellular Matrix Synthesis of Degenerative Human Nucleus Pulposus Cells through FAK/PI3K/AktPathway.

  In vitro experimental study. ⋯ N/A.

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• Spine · Mar 2016

  Risk Management for Avoidance of Major Vascular Injury due to Lateral Transpsoas Approach.

  A retrospective study using 323 contrast-enhanced, multi-planner three-dimensional computed (3D-CT) scans. ⋯ 3.

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