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The Impact of the 2006 Massachusetts Healthcare Reform on Spine Surgery Patient Payer-Mix and Age [PDF]
OBJECTIVE Several similarities exist between the Massachusetts health care reform law of 2006 and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The authors’ prior neurosurgical research showed a decrease in uninsured surgeries without a significant change in surgical ...
Barbaro, Nicholas M. +3 more
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It is an exciting time to be a spine surgeon. Indeed, it has been for the last decade. The spine surgery is probably one of the most rapidly changing surgical specialities. It comes together as the “bastard child” of orthopaedics and neurosurgery. Whilst being the offspring of two specialties has created problems, it has also brought many opportunities.
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Objectives: The objective of this study is to find out the complication directly related to iliac bone graft harvest in spinesurgery. Design: Observational prospective study. Setting: Department of Orthopedic and Spine surgery, Hayatabad Medical ComplexPeshawar. Period: January 2007 to April 2012 on 139 patients.
ABDUL SATAR +4 more
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Traumatic Bilateral Pars Fracture with Grade-I Spondylolisthesis Treated by Transforaminal (Trans Kambian) Endo Fusion under Epidural Analgesia: A Special Case Report [PDF]
Traumatic spine injuries are common in young and adult population with worlds incidence estimated annual rate in 10.4–130.6 cases per million. We are presenting a case of traumatic bilateral pars fracture with Grade-I spondylolisthesis treated by ...
Sukumar Sura +3 more
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C5 Palsy After Cervical Spine Surgery: A Multicenter Retrospective Review of 59 Cases. [PDF]
STUDY DESIGN: A multicenter, retrospective review of C5 palsy after cervical spine surgery. OBJECTIVE: Postoperative C5 palsy is a known complication of cervical decompressive spinal surgery.
Arnold, Paul M. +45 more
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Mechanical stress promotes human ligamentum flavum cells (LFCs) to synthesize multitype collagens, leading to ligamentum flavum hypertrophy (LFH). However, the mechanism of mechanical stress in the formation of collagen remains unclear.
Bin Yan +9 more
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Rare Complications of Cervical Spine Surgery: Pseudomeningocoele. [PDF]
STUDY DESIGN: This study was a retrospective, multicenter cohort study. OBJECTIVES: Rare complications of cervical spine surgery are inherently difficult to investigate.
Ailon, Tamir +26 more
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Introduction: low back pain is basic medical issue in our general population,it influence our day by day life exercises and bargains our personal satisfaction. Intervertebraldisc herniation is one of the commonest reasons for backache and sciatica. Discectomy isthe essential treatment of decision for disc herniation.
Muhammad Khalid +2 more
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Incidence and Outcomes of Acute Implant Extrusion Following Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery. [PDF]
STUDY DESIGN: Multi-institutional retrospective case series of 8887 patients who underwent anterior cervical spine surgery. OBJECTIVE: Anterior decompression from discectomy or corpectomy is not without risk.
Arnold, Paul M. +16 more
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Background. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) contribute to the regulation of many diseases. However, little is known about the role of circRNAs in the development of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (GIOP).
Zhipeng Chen +7 more
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