European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society
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The purpose of our study is to identify the effect of short-term and high-dose use of erythropoietin (EPO) in spinal isolated metastatic patients with Total en bloc spondylectomy (TES) surgery by assessing hematological parameters, transfusion volume, postoperative complications, recurrence-free survival (RFS), and overall survival (OS). ⋯ Perioperative short-term and high-dose administration of EPO could improve the anemia-related hematological parameters and reduce the requirement for blood transfusion without increasing the risk of deep vein thrombosis and tumor progression in solitary spinal metastatic patients with TES surgery.
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Write a letter to editors concerning: Comparison of cervical, thoracic, and lumbar vertebral bone quality scores for increased utility of bone mineral density screening by Razzouk et al. (Eur Spine J https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-022-07484-5 , 2022). We try to compare the targeted article with a similar article to talk about cervical vertebral bone quality (VBQ). ⋯ We advised the targeted article's authors to try their research again in another way of calculation of cervical VBQ like the contrast article.
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Conditional survival (CS) provides a dynamic prediction of patient survival by incorporating the time an individual has already survived given their disease specific characteristics. The objective of the current study was to estimate CS among patients after surgery for spinal cord compression or spinal instability, as well as stratify CS according to relevant patient- and disease-related characteristics. ⋯ Level IV (retrospective cohort study).
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Astronauts returning from long ISS missions have demonstrated an increased incidence of lumbar disc herniation accompanied by biomechanical and morphological changes associated with spine elongation. This research describes a ground-based study of the effects of an axial compression countermeasure Mk VI SkinSuit designed to reload the spine and reduce these changes before return to terrestrial gravity. ⋯ The MkVI SkinSuit restores lumbar mobility and lordosis following 4 h of wearing during hyper buoyancy flotation in a healthy control population and may be an effective countermeasure for post space flight lumbar disc herniation.