Spine
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Perioperative Nutritional Supplementation Decreases Wound Healing Complications Following Elective Lumbar Spine Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
The prevalence of malnutrition in patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery ranges from 5% to 50% and is associated with higher rates of surgical site infections, medical complications, longer lengths of stay, and mortality. ⋯ I.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Prospective Randomized Control Trial to Compare the Role of Injection Cerebrolysin for 10 Days Duration Against Placebo in Operated Cases of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy.
Prospective randomized control trial. ⋯ Injection cerebrolysin, when administered for 10 days postoperatively, can result in significantly greater neurological improvement and hand function in patients with DCM who also receive surgery.