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BMJ Open, 2019 Background Studies from different Western countries have reported a rapid increase in spinal surgery rates, an increase that exceeds by far the growing incidence rates of spinal disorders in the general population.
M. Grotle +7 more
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Spine Surgery and Related ResearchIntroduction: Lumbar microdiscectomy is a commonly conducted surgical procedure for treating symptomatic lumbar disc herniations. Recurrence of herniation is a common cause of poor outcomes and the need for revision surgery, which occurs in as many as 21%
Ryan Hoang +12 more
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The Effects of Body Mass Index on Lumbar Microdiscectomy Outcomes
Iranian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2021 Background and Aim: The incidence of obesity has steadily risen to epidemic proportions in numerous world regions. Surgeons often encounter problems in surgeries on obese patients.
Amir Abbas Ghasemi
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Medicina, 2023 Background and Objectives: With the aging population, the incidence of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is increasing. Sarcopenia is an age-related muscular decrease.
Yun-A Han +7 more
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BioMed Research International, 2018 Background Among the surgical methods for lumbar disc herniation, open lumbar microdiscectomy is considered the gold standard. Recently, percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy is also commonly performed for lumbar disc herniation for its various ...
Manyoung Kim +5 more
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Chronic Pain in Parkinson’s Disease: Prevalence, Sex Differences, Regional Anatomy and Comorbidities
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.Chronic pain affected 66.2% of 10,631 individuals with Parkinson's disease, with higher prevalence and severity in females. Pain most often involved the buttocks, lower back, neck, and knees, and was linked to depression, sleep disorders, and osteoarthritis.
Natalia S. Ogonowski +13 more
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Spine Surgery and Related Research, 2022 Background: A thoracolumbar burst fracture (BF) is a severe type of compression fracture, which is the most common type of traumatic spine fractures. Generally, surgery is the preferred treatment, but whether the optimal approach is either an anterior or
Andres Roblesgil-Medrano +8 more
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Correlation between multifidus fatty atrophy and lumbar disc degeneration in low back pain
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2019 BackgroundChronic low back pain (LBP) is common and associated with lumbar disc herniation. The purpose of this study was to investigate if the grade of lumbar disc degeneration correlates with the degree of lumbar multifidus muscle (LMM) fatty atrophy ...
C. Faur +3 more
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CSF Mitochondrial DNA: Biomarker of Body Composition and Energy Metabolism in Parkinson's Disease
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cell‐free mitochondrial DNA (cf‐mtDNA) is a potential biomarker for Parkinson's disease (PD), but its clinical relevance remains unclear. We investigated associations between CSF cf‐mtDNA levels, body composition, nutritional status, and metabolic biomarkers in PD. Methods CSF cf‐mtDNA levels, defined as the
Yasuaki Mizutani +11 more
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective The optimal treatment for neurosarcoidosis myelitis is uncertain. We characterize incident neurosarcoidosis myelitis and assess treatment response by MRI and clinical scales. Methods Incident probable or definite neurosarcoidosis myelitis in adults was retrospectively identified from 13 academic medical centers.
Giovanna S. Manzano +39 more
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