Spine
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Systematic review and Meta-analysis. ⋯ Compared with laminectomy alone, laminectomy with fusion is associated with greater postoperative improvement in pain and disability, albeit with a longer duration of surgery and hospital stay.
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Observational Study
Why Are Some Intervertebral Discs More Prone to Degeneration?: Insights Into Isolated Thoracic "Dysgeneration".
Prospective observational study. ⋯ 1.
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Outcome and Health Related Quality of Life after Combined Anteroposterior Surgery vs Anterior Surgery alone in Subaxial Cervical Spine Fractures: Analysis of a National Multicenter Dataset.
Observational study on prospectively collected data. ⋯ Patients operated on with anteroposterior or anterior surgery for subaxial cervical spine fractures are equally satisfied and report similar health-related quality of life measures.