Spine
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Review Case Reports
Cost-utility Analysis Comparing Bracing Versus Observation for Skeletally Immature Patients With Thoracic Scoliosis.
Cost-utility analysis. ⋯ Cost-utility analysis supports scoliosis bracing as the preferred choice in management of appropriately indicated AIS patients with thoracic scoliosis.Level of Evidence: 5.
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Cross-sectional radiographic comparison study. ⋯ Whole-body balancing requires understanding of the balance between kyphosis and lordosis, which varies with the posture of patients. Analysis of kypholordotic ratios obtained in this study allude to the importance of performing whole-body imaging in the directed standing posture, and whole-spine or whole-body imaging in the natural standing posture, so as to fully understand spinal and whole body balancing for spinal realignment surgeries.Level of Evidence: Level 3.
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A prospective multicenter study. ⋯ In ADF for cervical OPLL, the number of operated levels was a significant factor related to the postoperative complication. Specifically, the incidence of graft/implant complications and reoperation rate increased in ADF with four or more levels.Level of Evidence: 3.