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 present prospective cohort study was intended to present the minimum 3 years' results of flexible posterior vertebral tethering (PVT) applied to 10 skeletally immature patients with SK to question, if it could be an alternative to fusion. ⋯ IV.
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the association between quantitatively assessed trunk extensor strength and gait-induced back pain (GIBP) in patients with adult spinal deformity (ASD). ⋯ The results of the present study strongly indicate that trunk extensor strength is a valuable factor associated with GIBP in patients with ASD.
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Accessible patient information sources are vital in educating patients about the benefits and risks of spinal surgery, which is crucial for obtaining informed consent. We aim to assess the effectiveness of a natural language processing (NLP) pipeline in recognizing surgical procedures from clinic letters and linking this with educational resources. ⋯ NLP accurately identifies surgical procedures in pre-operative clinic letters within an untrained subspecialty. Performance varies among letter authors and depends on the language used by clinicians. The identified procedures can be linked to patient education resources, potentially improving patients' understanding of surgical procedures.
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To identify risk factors, including FRAX (a tool for assessing osteoporosis) scores, for development of proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK), defined as Type 2 in the Yagi-Boachie classification (bone failure), with vertebral fracture (VF) after surgery for symptomatic adult spinal deformity. ⋯ Preoperative assessment of severity of osteoporosis using FRAX provides an accurate estimate of risk of postoperative PJK with VF after surgery for adult spinal deformity.