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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Despite numerous observational studies, the causal relationship between obesity-measured by body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC)-as well as type 2 diabetes (T2D), lifestyle habits, and susceptibility to low back pain (LBP) remains obscure. ⋯ Our findings indicate a potential causal link between obesity, smoking, and coffee intake in the genesis of LBP, suggesting that mitigating these factors could contribute to LBP prevention.
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To understand how the axial plane deformity contributes to progression of the three-dimensional spinal deformity of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS), with a main thoracic curve type, using a series of sequential magnetic resonance images (MRI). ⋯ AVR increased, during curve progression, most markedly at the curve apex. The greatest IVR was observed at the periapical levels, with the apex by contrast having only a modest degree of rotation, suggesting the periapical vertebral levels of the scoliosis deformity may be a significant driver in the progression of AIS.
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In combined anterior-posterior adult spinal deformity surgery, the optimal combination of anterior and posterior procedures remains unclear. We aimed to demonstrate the radiological outcomes and relevant factors in oblique lateral interbody fusion (OLIF) for lumbosacral fractional curve (FC) correction combined with open posterior surgery in degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DLS). ⋯ OLIF at the FC combined with open posterior surgery is an effective combined anterior-posterior correction strategy in DLS.