Spine
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This is a retrospective, cohort analysis of multi-institutional database. ⋯ Our analysis demonstrated that drain use is associated with significant longer hospital stay.Level of Evidence: 3.
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Retrospective cohort study. ⋯ Overall rate of neural deficit after operation for TDH was 9.0%. While anterior approach was associated with a lower neural injury rate, this association was confounded by age, Charlson Comorbidity Index, and admission type. After correcting for these confounders, a nonsignificant trend remained that favored the anterior approach. Neural deficit was associated with increased LOS and discharge to SNF postoperatively.Level of Evidence: 4.
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Case-control study. ⋯ Lumbar disc degeneration and herniation may be important contributors to disabling LBP in young adults. Further investigation of their potential prognostic and causal roles is indicated.Level of Evidence: 4.
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Population-based cohort study. ⋯ Our study shows that the MRI degenerative findings we examined, individually or in combination, do not have clinically important associations with LBP, with almost all effects less than one unit on a 0 to 10 pain scale.Level of Evidence: 3.
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Retrospective cohort study of a prospectively collected multi-center database of adult spinal deformity (ASD) patients. ⋯ ASD patients undergoing surgery with SCS/ITP exhibited worse preoperative and postoperative ODI and SRS-22r pain domain; however, the mean improvement in outcome scores was not significantly different from patients without stimulators or pumps. No significant differences in complications were observed between patients with versus without SCS/ITP.Level of Evidence: 3.