Publications by authors named "Simon Toftgaard Skov"

Article Synopsis
  • Decompression surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is the most common spine surgery in Denmark, with around 75% of patients experiencing pain relief after one year, but 25% seeing little improvement.
  • A predictive decision support tool called PROPOSE was developed to aid discussions between doctors and LSS patients by presenting the pros and cons of surgery.
  • Evaluation of PROPOSE showed good performance in predicting outcomes for walking distance and leg pain, confirming its effectiveness in real-world clinical settings.
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Study Design: Quantitative survey study is the study design.

Objectives: The study aims to develop a model for the factors that drive or impede the use of an artificial intelligence clinical decision support system (CDSS) called PROPOSE, which supports shared decision-making on the choice of treatment of ordinary spinal disorders.

Methods: A total of 62 spine surgeons were asked to complete a questionnaire regarding their behavioral intention to use the CDSS after being introduced to PROPOSE.

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This is a rare case report in an elective orthopaedic setting, in which a 72-year-old man without known urologic disorders presented with a 6.2 l post-void residual urine (PVR) before a planned knee arthroplasty surgery. The PVR was found because of a newly established local guideline in an orthopaedic department regarding examination and treatment for PVR.

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Introduction: This study aims to describe a novel minimal invasive early-onset scoliosis (EOS) growth rod concept, the Cody Bünger (CB) Concept, which combines concave interval distraction and contralateral-guided growth with apical control and to investigate the 3D deformity correction, the spinal growth, and the pulmonary development.

Method: A series of 38 children with progressive EOS and growth potential, receiving a highly specialized surgical treatment, including primary and conversion cases. Mean age was 10.

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Study Design: Two-center retrospective cohort study.

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the clinical effectiveness and safety of the MCGR hybrid in terms of spinal growth, 3D correction, balance, and complications. The magnetic-controlled growing-rod (MCGR) growth instrumentation method has gained popularity for early onset scoliosis (EOS) treatment in the past years due to the non-invasiveness of the subsequent interval elongation procedures.

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Study Design: Descriptive case series.

Objective: The aim of the study is to investigate the pain associated with magnetically controlled growing rod (MCGR) lengthening procedures. MCGRs have gained popularity because they offer non-surgical lengthening procedures in early-onset scoliosis (EOS) instead of semi-annual open surgery elongations with traditional growing rods.

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Background and purpose - Percutaneous needle fasciotomy (PNF) is a minimally invasive treatment option for Dupuytren contracture, which has gained momentum worldwide in recent years. However, evidence regarding safety and severe complications associated with PNF is sparse. Thus, we evaluated safety of a specific PNF method in the largest cohort reported in literature.

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Purpose: Collagenase Clostridium histolyticum (CCH) injection was introduced commercially as a treatment for Dupuytren contracture following initial phase-3 investigations in 2009 with promising results. However, the efficacy of CCH has not been prospectively investigated in a direct comparison to other active treatments of Dupuytren contracture with more than 1-year follow-up, despite a wide and increasing clinical use.

Method: In this prospective, independent, open-label, randomized controlled trial, (Clinicaltrials.

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