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Does Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Minimize Surgical Site Infections? [PDF]

Asian Spine Journal, 2016
Study DesignRetrospective review of prospectively collected data.PurposeTo evaluate the incidence of surgical site infections (SSIs) in minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) in a cohort of patients and compare with available historical data on SSI in ...
Arvind Gopalrao Kulkarni, Ravish Shammi Patel, Shumayou Dutta   +2 more
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Is Sacral Extension a Risk Factor for Early Proximal Junctional Kyphosis in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery? [PDF]

, 2020
Study designRetrospective cohort study.PurposeTo investigate the role of sacral extension (SE) for the development of proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) in adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery.Overview of literatureThe development of PJK is ...
Ames, Christopher, Bess, Shay, Burton, Douglas, Decker, Sebastian, Hart, Robert, Klineberg, Eric, Krettek, Christian, Lafage, Renaud, Lafage, Virginie, Schwab, Frank J, Smith, Justin S   +10 more
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Recipients of electric-powered indoor/outdoor wheelchairs provided by a National Health Service: A cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2013
This is the post-print version of the final paper published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. The published article is available from the link below.
Albright, Andrew O. Frank, Arthanat, Arva, Auger, Brandt, British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine, Burnfield, Cooper, Cooper, Davies, Dicianno, Evans, Evans, Fitzgerald, Frank, Frank, Frank, Frank, Gibson, Giesbrecht, Greer, Johnson, Karmarkar, Kenneson, Kirby, Lindsay, Lofqvist, Lord, Lorraine H. De Souza, May, Murphy, Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, Richardson, Rodby-Bousquet, Sonenblum, Vignier, Ward, Warren, Washington, West, Westgren, Wiart   +42 more
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Etiological Theories of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Past and Present

The Open Orthopaedics Journal, 2017
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is one of the most common spinal deformities, yet its cause is unknown. Various theories look to biomechanical, neuromuscular, genetic, and environmental origins, yet our understanding of scoliosis etiology is still ...
Maja Fadzan, J. Bettany-Saltikov
semanticscholar   +1 more source

An International ASXL3 Natural History Study: Deep Phenotypic Analyses Including Detailed Reports of a Milder Phenotype, Novel Associations, and Clinical Recommendations

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Natural History Studies can help inform clinician and caregiver expectations, form the basis of management guidelines, and provide a comparator for therapeutic intervention. In rare conditions, where collection of prospective longitudinal data is untimely and impractical, quasi‐natural history data—from multiple individuals of different ages ...
E. Woods, N. Holmes, A. S. Denommé‐Pichon, M. Vincent, N. Belova, C. Gooch, B. Isidor, C. W. Ockeloen, E. Pavlidou, H. Stewart, V. J. M. Verhoeven, A. Ververi, A. Dixit, A. Sarkar, R. Legg, E. Reid, M. Balasubramanian   +16 more
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Three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound imaging for quantitative assessment of frontal cobb angles in patients with idiopathic scoliosis – a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Background Measurement of Cobb angle in the frontal plane from radiographs is the gold standard of quantifying spinal deformity in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS).
Cheuk-Kin Kwan, James Haley Young, Jeff Ching-Hei Lai, Kelly Ka-Lee Lai, Kenneth Guang-Pu Yang, Alec Lik-Hang Hung, Winnie Chiu-Wing Chu, Adam Yiu-Chung Lau, Tin-Yan Lee, Jack Chun-Yiu Cheng, Yong-Ping Zheng, Tsz-Ping Lam   +11 more
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A reliability and validity study for Scolioscan: a radiation-free scoliosis assessment system using 3D ultrasound imaging

Scoliosis and Spinal Disorders, 2016
BackgroundRadiographic evaluation for patients with scoliosis using Cobb method is the current gold standard, but radiography has radiation hazards. Several groups have recently demonstrated the feasibility of using 3D ultrasound for the evaluation of ...
Y. Zheng, T. Lee, K. Lai, B. Yip, Guangquan Zhou, Weiwei Jiang, James Siu Wai Cheung, M. Wong, B. Ng, J. Cheng, T. Lam   +10 more
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Growth Hormone Treatment in Patients With KBG Syndrome: Novel Insights, Challenges and Recommendations From Six New Patients and Literature Review

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT KBG syndrome is one of the most frequent neurodevelopmental disorders and is caused by ANKRD11 variants. Postnatal short stature is observed in ~50% of patients. Recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) has become a valuable treatment for patients with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) along with Prader–Willi and Turner syndrome. Limited evidence
Sietse M. Aukema, Kim Vandenput, Emanuela Scarano, Himanshu Goel, Lily Guo, Michiel Vanneste, Koen Devriendt, Nitash Zwaveling‐Soonawala, Cordula Kiewert, Alma Kuechler, Ilaria Parenti, Eleonora Orlandini, Elke de Boer, Siddharth Banka, Elizabeth Wall, Gholson J. Lyon, Karen J. Low, Joyce M. Geelen, Yvonne G. van der Zwan, Charlotte W. Ockeloen   +19 more
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The 'Nightmare' of Wrong Level in Spine Surgery: Is Minimally Invasive Spine Technique More Forgiving? [PDF]

Journal of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Technique, 2017
Objective Operating on a wrong level is a nightmare for every surgeon, which has devastating consequences for the patient as well as the surgeon and has potential for serious medical, personal and legal repercussions. There is limited literature of Wrong
Arvind Gopalrao Kulkarni, Sudhir Gupta, Vishwanath M. Patil   +2 more
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Observation of experimental lathyrism in the rat [PDF]

, 1959
The clinical manifestations, roentgenologic studies, and histopathologic findings of the central nervous system of rats with induced lathyrism were described.
Lee, HUN Jae
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