Incidental durotomy in lumbar decompressive surgery: incidence and risk-factors, and the effect of durotomy on hospital and patient metrics.

Purpose: To evaluate incidental lumbar durotomy incidence and risk-factors, and the association of durotomy with perioperative metrics and patient-reported outcomes.

Methods: A total 3140 cases of 1-3 level elective decompressive surgery from 2008 to 2023 at a single centre were included. Multivariable analysis was performed on literature derived variables to identify independent risk-factors for durotomy.

Development and temporal validation of clinical prediction models for 1-year disability and pain after lumbar decompressive surgery. The Norwich Lumbar Surgery Predictor (development version).

Purpose: To identify clinical predictors and build prediction models for 1-year patient-reported outcomes measures (PROMs) after lumbar decompressive surgery for disc herniation or spinal stenosis.

Methods: The study included 1835 cases, with or without additional single-level fusion, from a single centre from 2008 through 2020. General linear models imputed with 37 clinical variables identified 18 significant 1-year PROM predictors for retention in development models.

The effects of Pilates exercise in comparison to other forms of exercise on pain and disability in individuals with chronic non-specific low back pain: A systematic review with meta-analysis.

Objective: To compare the effects of Pilates exercise (PE) with other forms of exercise on pain and disability in individuals with chronic non-specific low back pain (CNSLBP) and to inform clinical practice and future research.

Study Design: Systematic review with meta-analysis conducted and reported in line the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic review and Meta-analysis.

Literature Search: Six electronic databases were searched from inception to April 2021.

Incidence and risk factors for five-year recurrent disc herniation after primary single-level lumbar discectomy.

To identify the incidence and risk factors for five-year same-site recurrent disc herniation (sRDH) after primary single-level lumbar discectomy. Secondary outcome was the incidence and risk factors for five-year sRDH reoperation. A retrospective study was conducted using prospectively collected data and patient-reported outcome measures, including the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), between 2008 and 2019.

In pursuit of 'safe' water: the burden of personal injury from water fetching in 21 low-income and middle-income countries.

Introduction: Water fetching for household needs can cause injury, but documentation of the burden of harm globally has been limited. We described the frequency, characteristics and correlates of water-fetching injuries in 24 sites in 21 low-income and middle-income countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean.

Methods: In a survey of 6291 randomly selected households, respondents reported whether and how they had experienced water-fetching injuries.