Spine
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Comparative Study Observational Study
Revision Rates After Single-Level Cervical Disc Arthroplasty Versus Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: An Observational Study With 5-Year Minimum Follow-Up.
A retrospective case-control study. ⋯ III.
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A prospective cohort study. ⋯ Level of Evidence. Level III.
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Retrospective study. ⋯ Patients at a higher risk of presenting to the ED postoperatively should be identified and may benefit from additional counseling and access to the care team virtually to limit unnecessary healthcare utilization. Focusing on patients who reach out via EPP messaging postoperatively may be a good target patient group to address first. Future research is needed to investigate the possible health literacy and other socioeconomic barriers affecting these patients so that appropriate, more cost-effective resources can be utilized to avoid clinically unnecessary and costly ED visits.
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Retrospective study. ⋯ A considerable number of patients (33.3%) developed MF after deformity correction using ACR procedures. Therefore, appropriate surgical strategies are necessary to prevent MF in patients undergoing deformity correction using ACR, with special attention to the risk factors we identified here.
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Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data. ⋯ IV.