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• Spine · Nov 2019

  Admission NarxCare Narcotics Scores are not Associated with Adverse Surgical Outcomes or Self-Reported Patient Satisfaction Following Elective Spine Surgery.

  Retrospective cohort study OBJECTIVE.: The aim of this study was to investigate how elective spine surgery patient preoperative opioid use (as determined by admission NarxCare narcotics use scores) correlated with 30-day perioperative outcomes and postoperative patient satisfaction. ⋯ 3.

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• Spine · Nov 2019

  Conventional Versus Stereotactic Image-guided Pedicle Screw Placement During Posterior Lumbar Fusions: A Retrospective Propensity Score-matched Study of a National Longitudinal Database.

  Retrospective 1:1 propensity score-matched analysis on a national longitudinal database between 2007 and 2016. ⋯ 3.

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• Spine · Nov 2019

  Muscle-evoked Potentials After Electrical Stimulation to the Brain in Patients Undergoing Spinal Surgery are Less Affected by Anesthetic Fade With Constant-voltage Stimulation Than With Constant-current Stimulation.

  A prospective, within-subject study was conducted. ⋯ 3.

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• Spine · Nov 2019

  Implant Design and the Anchoring Mechanism influence the Incidence of Heterotopic Ossification in cervical Total Disc Replacement at 2-year follow-up.

  A nonrandomized, prospective, and single-center clinical trial. ⋯ 3.

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• Spine · Nov 2019

  Cost-Effectiveness of Operative vs Nonoperative Treatment of Adult Symptomatic Lumbar Scoliosis an Intent-to-Treat Analysis at Five Year Follow-up.

  Secondary analysis using data from the NIH-sponsored study on adult symptomatic lumbar scoliosis (ASLS) that included randomized and observational arms. ⋯ 2.

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