Spine
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Multicenter Study
Patient Reported Data as Predictors of Surgical Outcome in Patients with Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy. Analysis of a National Multicenter Dataset.
Retrospective study design on prospectively collected registry data. ⋯ III.
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Multicenter Study
Establishment of an Individualized Distal Junctional Kyphosis Risk Index following the Surgical Treatment of Adult Cervical Deformities.
A retrospective review of a multicenter comprehensive cervical deformity (CD) database. ⋯ This study proposes a novel risk index of DJK development that focuses on potentially modifiable surgical factors as well as established patient-related and radiographic determinants. The reference model created demonstrated strong correlations with relevant two-year outcome measures, including axial pain-related symptoms, occurrence of related reoperations, and the achievement of minimal clinically importance differences for 5-dimension EuroQol questionnaire.
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Multicenter Study
Deriving a Novel Score Predicting Progression in Early-Onset Scoliosis: A Multicenter Initiative.
This was a retrospective multicenter study. ⋯ Level 3.