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Dextroscoliosis refers to an abnormal, right-leaning curvature of the spine. It is a type of scoliosis.
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Durotomy: A common complication of spinal surgery and an important factor in some malpractice cases
Incidental durotomy small tears of the outer membrane of the spinal cord are a common occurrence in spinal surgery, and may lead to litigation. Most malpractice cases associated with dural tear end in a ruling in favor of the surgeon, reports a study in the journal Spine.
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Obese patients at greater risk for infection after adolescent idiopathic scoliosis correction
Patients who underwent posterior spinal fusion for the correction of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and were obese had a greater risk for postoperative infection, according to results published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
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Yoga in the workplace can reduce back pain and sickness absence
Back pain is the single leading cause of disability in the world. In the US, four out of every five people experience back pain at some point in their life. In the UK, back pain is one of the most common reasons for visits to the doctor, and missed work. In fact, absence from work due to back problems costs British employers more than 3 billion every year.
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Bouts of intense exercise do not exacerbate sacroiliac joint inflammation
An MRI screening of the sacroiliac joints showed that a large proportion of healthy, active individuals who lack any back-pain symptoms nonetheless have bone marrow edema lesions, according to data published in Rheumatology. However, such lesions did not grow significantly after 6 weeks of intensive physical training.
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Sensor-enhanced surgical robot enables highly precise and safe spinal operations
Researchers from the University of Bern, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology develop a high-precision, sensor-based surgical robot for spinal operations together with industry partners.
Source: Medical xpress
No significant change seen in obesity status after TLIF despite clinical improvements
Although investigators found improvements for function and pain, they discovered no significant change in weight after obese patients underwent transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.
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Depression linked with worse subjective outcomes after epidural steroid injection for spinal pathology
Investigators found that after lumbar epidural steroid injection for degenerative spine disease, patients with depression had worse absolute scores for patient-reported outcomes and higher disability compared with patients who were not depressed.
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Preoperative diagnosis predictive of patient satisfaction after lumbar spine surgery
Researchers identified patients who underwent lumbar spine surgery and were enrolled in the Quality Outcomes Database. Patients completed the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) and Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) for back pain and leg pain preoperatively and at 1 year after surgery. Investigators grouped patients according to their diagnosis and response to a question regarding satisfaction.
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Model developed to predict development of complications in adult spinal deformity surgery
Researchers performed a retrospective analysis of information in an adult spinal deformity (ASD) database and identified 557 patients. Of these patients, 148 were categorized as having at least one major intraoperative or perioperative complication and 409 patients had no complications. Investigators developed decision trees with five different bootstrapped models and calculated overall accuracy, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve and importance of predictors.
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