Spine
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A retrospective cohort study. ⋯ 3.
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Retrospective cohort study. ⋯ 3.
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A cross-sectional study OBJECTIVE.: The aim of this study was to study the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of adolescents with severe untreated congenital kyphosis (CK) and congenital kyphoscoliosis (CKS) in a developing country. ⋯ 3.
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In a treatment-control animal study expansion thoracoplasty (ET) was performed in a juvenile rabbit model of thoracic insufficiency syndrome (TIS) and benefits to thoracic development and respiratory function quantified. Rabbits treated early versus late were compared to age-matched normal and disease control rabbits through to skeletal maturity. ⋯ N/A.
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Seventy-five Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into sham, complete spinal cord transection (CSCT) and hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) groups. Among them, rats in HBO group were further divided into 3 hours group (HBO1) and 12 hours group (HBO2). ⋯ N/A.