Spine
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Prospectively Collected Comparison of Outcomes Between Surgically and Conservatively Treated Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
Retrospective review of a prospectively collected multicenter registry. ⋯ Surgically treated patients with AIS have improved HRQOL outcomes in several domains compared with age-matched and curve magnitude-matched nonoperatively treated patients at two-year follow-up.
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A retrospective chart review. ⋯ This study demonstrated a partial or complete union rate of 82% and a postoperative persistent pain rate of 15%. These figures are comparable to the previous study, and this pedicle-screw with wiring technique can be worth trying before interbody fusion for spondylolytic spondylolisthesis to preserve anatomical lumbar motion.
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Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data. ⋯ Level IV.
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Retrospective chart review. ⋯ 4.