Impact of Vascularity on Spinal Disorders Outcomes, Underestimated yet Probably Crucial: The Example of a Comparative Cohort of Epidural Abscesses.

Study Design: Retrospective comparative cohort.

Objective: (1) Describe the prevalence of the basivertebral vessel (BVV) in a cohort of spinal epidural abscesses (SEA) at lumbar or thoracic (2) correlate the presence of BVV to the risk of conservative treatment failure (CTF).

Methods: Twenty-six patients successfully managed without surgery were compared to 26 who required surgical management due to failed conservative management (lumbar and thoracic).

Maternal α-casein deficiency extends the lifespan of offspring and programmes their body composition.

Early nutrition has significant effects on physiological outcomes during adult life. We have analysed the effect of maternal α-casein (CSN1S1) deficiency on the physiological fate of dams and their offspring. α-casein deficiency reduces maternal milk protein concentration by more than 50% and attenuates the growth of pups to 27% (p < 0.

Systematic investigation of inadequate food access at a large southeastern land grant university.

Over the past decade, the impact of low food security on student well-being and academic performance has become a growing concern at institutions of higher education across the U.S. This mixed methods study adds to the growing body of evidence on the association between student socio-demographic and economic characteristics and food security.

External Validation of the Spinal Orthopedic Research Group Index for Spinal Epidural Abscess 90-Day Mortality in a Geographically Remote Population.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Objective: To externally validate the Spinal Orthopaedic Research Group (SORG) index for predicting 90-day mortality from spinal epidural abscess and compare its utility to the 11-item modified frailty index (mFI-11) and Charlson comorbidity index (CCI).

Summary Of Background Data: Providing a mortality estimate may guide informed patient and clinician decision-making.

Keeping It Simple: Developing a Prognostic Tool for Spinal Epidural Abscess.

Study Design: A retrospective study.

Objective: To develop a prognostic score for mortality and treatment failure in Spinal epidural abscess (SEA), based on simplicity and multidimensional assessment principles.

Methods: One-hundred-fifty patients were reviewed.