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Assessing the real benefits of surgery for degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis without instability and spondylolisthesis: a single surgeon experience with a mean 8-year follow-up [PDF]
, 2018 Background: The degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis is one of the most commonly treated spinal disorders in older adults; despite its increasing frequency, it is not yet clear what the most effective therapy might be.
Caruso, Riccardo +6 more
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2020 Background To compare standalone oblique lateral interbody fusion (OLIF) vs. OLIF combined with posterior bilateral percutaneous pedicle screw fixation (OLIF combined) for the treatment of lumbar spondylolisthesis.
Wei He +9 more
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International Journal of Endocrinology, 2022 Purpose. To investigate the relationship between serum cotinine and lumbar bone mineral density (BMD) among 7905 participants aged 30 years and over. Method.
Jian-Guo Fang +5 more
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Early and Late Reoperation Rates With Various MIS Techniques for Adult Spinal Deformity Correction. [PDF]
, 2018 Study designA multicenter retrospective review of an adult spinal deformity database.ObjectiveWe aimed to characterize reoperation rates and etiologies of adult spinal deformity surgery with circumferential minimally invasive surgery (cMIS) and hybrid ...
Akbarnia, Behrooz A +14 more
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Minimally invasive spine surgery [PDF]
Neurosurgical Focus, 2008 INCE its inception, minimally invasive spine surgery has been a field in evolution. The modernization of tools and techniques for minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has recently enabled spine surgeons to expand patient selection and candidacy to include a growing array of spinal disorders such as degenerative disc disease and herniation, fractures ...
Adam S, Kanter, Praveen V, Mummaneni
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Stem Cells International, 2023 Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) have a superior potential of osteogenic differentiation (OD) and a promising stem cell type to treat bone defects.
Han Wang, Mingxing Fan, Yan An, Da He
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International Journal of Spine Surgery, 2023 Radiomics is an emerging approach to analyze clinical images with the purpose of revealing quantitative features that are unvisible to the naked eye. Radiomic features can be further combined with clinical data and genomic information to formulate prediction models using machine learning algorithms or manual statistical analysis.
Daniel, Alsoof +5 more
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Outcomes in Anterior Cervical Discectomy with Anchored Intersomatic Cage
Global Spine Journal, 2015 Introduction The anchored cervical intersomatic cages made in PEEK is a new promising alternative to anterior cervical locking plates with autologous iliac bone graft for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.
Nicolas Scheverin +6 more
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2020 Background There is no available literature for comparison on muscle atrophy between the “stand-alone” oblique lateral interbody fusion (OLIF) and regular OLIF (i.e., combined with percutaneous pedicle screws fixation (PPSF) in patients with ...
Wei He +9 more
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Quality in Spine Surgery [PDF]
Neurosurgery, 2018 Abstract Health care is expensive in the United States. There is an increasing focus on value rather than volume. Accurately measuring quality is a critically important step in determining value of care delivered. This article discusses the trials and techniques of measuring quality in spine surgery.
Christopher, Graves +3 more
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