Articles: patients.
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Cross-sectional study of agreement between patients' and surgeons' expectations of the outcome of spinal surgery. ⋯ The findings demonstrate wide discrepancies between the patient and the surgeon regarding the expected result of surgery. They highlight the need for clearer explanations of the association between the spinal problem and neurological deficits and the improvement that can be expected in pain and function after surgery. Systematic, routine evaluation of outcomes should assist in deriving the information necessary to document the improvement achieved and to formulate realistic expectations of surgery.
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A retrospective cohort study. ⋯ 2.
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Comparative Study
Transforaminal versus anterior lumbar interbody fusion in long deformity constructs: a matched cohort analysis.
Prospectively enrolled, retrospectively analyzed matched cohort analysis. ⋯ Spinal deformity surgery used TLIFs rather than ALIFs resulted in shorter operative time with no difference in complication rates. ALIFs provided more segmental lordosis, whereas TLIFs afforded better correction of scoliotic curves.