Spine
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Multicenter Study
Assessing Abnormal Proximal Junctional Angles in Adult Spinal Deformity: A Normative Data Approach to Define Proximal Junctional Kyphosis.
Multicentric retrospective study of prospectively collected data. ⋯ Level II.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
A New Pilot Hole Preparation System for Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Placement - A Randomized Controlled Study.
A randomized controlled study. ⋯ The new pilot hole preparation system has shown significant reductions in the time of pilot hole preparation, time of screw placement, and radiation exposure, and has good clinical application value.
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Comparative Study
Comparison of Titanium Mesh Cage, Nano-Hydroxyapatite/Polyamide Cage, and 3D-Printed Vertebral Body for Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion.
A prospective nonrandomized controlled study. ⋯ Level III-therapeutic.
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Retrospective cohort study. ⋯ Patients from socioeconomically disadvantaged communities experience longer hospitalizations and are more likely to be discharged to a rehabilitation or skilled nursing facility following PCDF. Social and economic barriers should be addressed as part of presurgical counseling and planning in elective spine surgery to mitigate these disparities and improve the quality and value of health care delivery, regardless of socioeconomic status.
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Cohort study. ⋯ Overall, there were 37 (33.3%) patients with CP who had a major complication within 30 days after spinal surgery. Lower SAS, with the 0 to 4 group being the cutoff, were associated with significantly higher complication rates than higher SAS groups.