Spine
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Literature review. ⋯ By consolidating the key evidence regarding failure, further research and innovation may be stimulated with the goal of significantly improving the safety and cost-effectiveness of ASD surgery.
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Multicenter Study
Outcomes Following Direct versus Indirect Decompression Techniques for Lumbar Spondylolisthesis: A Propensity-Matched Analysis.
Retrospective review. ⋯ Our study suggests that both DD and ID for the treatment of lumbar spondylolisthesis result in similar clinical outcomes, with the exception that those treated with ID experienced a lower reduction in back and leg pain at 3 months and a higher 3-month reoperation rate. This data can provide surgeons with additional information when counseling patients on the pros and cons of ID versus DD surgery.
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Multicenter Study
Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Patients With Movement-related Low Back Pain Have Less Postoperative Satisfaction After Decompression Alone.
Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected multicenter observational data. ⋯ 3.
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Multicenter Study
Age- and Gender-based Global Sagittal Spinal Alignment in Asymptomatic Adult Volunteers: Results of the Multiethnic Alignment Normative Study (MEANS).
Multicenter Cohort. ⋯ 3.
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Ultra-Sound Guided Cervical Retro-Laminar block for Cervical Radicular Pain: A Comparative Analysis.
Cervical radiculopathy is a common clinical condition, often treated with cervical epidural steroid injections (ESI). Retro-laminar cervical blocks (RLCB) may be considered safer than ESI as they do not require entering the neuroaxis.In this study, we evaluated the outcome of RLCB in patients with cervical radiculopathy who had failed conservative treatment and were candidates for cervical spine decompression surgery. ⋯ These findings suggest that RLCB can be performed as an alternative to cervical ESI and decompressive surgery in patients with cervical radicular pain that's refractory to noninvasive treatment. More comparative and prospective studies are needed to confirm our results.