Spine
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Can Decision Support Help Patients With Spinal Stenosis Make a Treatment Choice?: A Prospective Study Assessing the Impact of a Patient Decision Aid and Health Coaching.
A prospective, randomized study on patients with lumbar spinal stenosis who received a decision support intervention to facilitate their treatment choice. ⋯ 3.
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Biologics in the appropriate biomechanical environment provide viable bone graft substitutes for repair of injured bone while promoting bone formation and osseointegration. Surgeons must recall the basics of bone structure, the principles of Wolff's law, and the components and steps of new bone formation to optimize the fusion environment and to maximize patient outcomes.
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T2 mapping was used to quantify moisture content of the lumbar spinal disk nucleus pulposus (NP) and annulus fibrosus before and after exercise stress, and after rest, to evaluate the intervertebral disk function. ⋯ 3.
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Investigation of the effects of the impairment of different nutritional pathways on the intervertebral disc degeneration patterns in terms of spatial distributions of cell density, glycosaminoglycan content, and water content. ⋯ N/A.