Spine
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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.
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A prospective longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study. ⋯ Our study reveals a natural history of the long-term postoperative course of IVD degeneration after posterior decompression surgery for LSS. Compared with healthy controls, patients with LSS seemed to be predisposed to IVD degeneration. Lumbar decompression surgery may promote the progression of DSN; however, progression of IVD degeneration after lumbar decompression surgery was not associated with worsening LBP scores.
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This was a retrospective cohort study. ⋯ The ACS-NSQIP risk calculator was found to accurately predict 30-day postoperative mortality but not 30-day major complications. The calculator was also accurate in predicting LOS following corpectomy but not laminectomy. While this tool may be utilized to predict risk short-term mortality in this population, its clinical value for other outcomes is limited.
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Retrospective matched cohort study. ⋯ Females with scoliosis were significantly more likely to receive EA at delivery compared with females without scoliosis. Rates and RR of cesarean delivery were not significantly lower among women with scoliosis, but females treated nonoperatively for scoliosis had a significantly lower CS rate than those without scoliosis. Females treated with spine fusion for scoliosis were far less likely to receive EA than both females without scoliosis and females with scoliosis treated nonoperatively.