Spine
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Assessment of Proximal Junctional Kyphosis and Shoulder Balance With Proximal Screws versus Hooks in Posterior Spinal Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
A retrospective review of a prospectively collected multicenter database. ⋯ 3.
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Comparative Study
The Seven-Year Cost-Effectiveness of Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Versus Cervical Disc Arthroplasty: A Markov Analysis.
Markov model analysis. ⋯ 1.
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Multicenter Study
Factors Affecting the Severity of Neurological Disorders in Thoracic Idiopathic Spinal Cord Herniation.
Retrospective multicenter case-controlled study. ⋯ 4.
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A prospective comparative imaging study. ⋯ 2.
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: The librettos of several of the most famous Romantic operas contain references to disease. These operas can serve as valuable sources of information regarding how spinal deformities were understood during the nineteenth century by physicians and lay persons alike. Original librettos of the operas "Rigoletto" (1851) by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) and "La Esmeralda" (1836) by Louise Bertin (1805-1877) were analyzed. ⋯ Although both Rigoletto and Quasimodo show an intense love, at the end of each opera, they are defeated by loss of this love. This is an evident sign that, despite its willingness to tackle the subject, nineteenth-century society was not still ready to attribute success or human value to people affected by disabilities. Level of Evidence: 5.