Spine
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Level-1 diagnostic study. ⋯ Combined motor and sensory neuromonitoring for CSM patients created a confusing choice between the motor or sensory data when in disagreement in 1.3% of surgical patients. Criterion standard clinical examinations confirmed all motor alerts were false positives. Surgical plan was negatively altered by following false motor alerts early on, but disregarded in later cases in favor of sensory data. Neuromonitoring added set-up time and cost, but without clear benefit in this series.Level of Evidence: 4.
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A case-control study of risk alleles for degenerative disc disease (DDD) using magnetic resonance (MR) imaging for phenotyping. ⋯ In this large-scale study of common variants' correlation with the presence of DDD in the Northeast United States, we have found a novel and significant variant-to-variant interaction to be associated with the risk of developing DDD, corroborating and necessitating the inclusion of gene-gene interactions in predictive risk model development for DDD.Level of Evidence: 4.
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Case report. ⋯ We highlight the utility of routine biopsy during kyphoplasty especially in patients with known history of malignancy. We emphasize that presumptions about the etiology of a VCF are difficult to make with multiple risk factors and that routine biopsy prevents incorrect presumptions such as in this case.Level of Evidence: 5.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
TRanexamic Acid In Pediatric Scoliosis Surgery (TRIPSS): A Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing High Dose and Low Dose Tranexamic Acid in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) Undergoing Posterior Spinal Fusion Surgery.
Prospective randomized double-blinded trial. ⋯ Low-dose TXA was as efficacious as high-dose TXA in reducing blood loss and allogenic blood transfusion for AIS patients undergoing PSF surgery.Level of Evidence: 1.