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J Neurooncol
December 2024
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 5115 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15232, USA.
Cureus
October 2024
Trauma and Orthopaedics, University Hospital Galway, Galway, IRL.
Multilevel cervical degenerative disc disease (cDDD) is typically treated through anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). Traditionally, the plate-cage construct (PCC) has been utilized, though alternatives such as the locking stand-alone cage (LSC) have become popular. This systematic review aims to assess differences in clinical and radiological outcomes between LSC and PCC methods in the ACDF management of multilevel cDDD by aggregating existing literature.
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November 2024
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Background: The nutrition transition underway in South Asia is likely mediated by changes to the food environment. Yet, few studies have been conducted in rural areas of South Asia to describe how the food environment has changed.
Objective: This analysis assessed changes in household availability of and proximity to markets, grocery shops, and tea shops over a 16-year time period in Gaibandha, Bangladesh.
J Neurooncol
November 2024
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 5115 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15232, USA.
Purpose: A majority of published series report on stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for 1-2 contiguous vertebral levels due to concerns regarding setup accuracy and radiation toxicity. This study evaluates patients with metastases spanning ≥ 3 contiguous levels treated with SBRT and augments its findings with a review of other studies investigating multilevel spine SBRT.
Methods: Analysis of a prospectively collected database of 49 patients with 55 metastases spanning ≥ 3 contiguous vertebral levels treated with SBRT at a single institution (2002-2023) was performed.
Lifetime Data Anal
October 2024
Department of Biostatistics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
Individuals with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) on dialysis experience high mortality and excessive burden of hospitalizations over time relative to comparable Medicare patient cohorts without kidney failure. A key interest in this population is to understand the time-dynamic effects of multilevel risk factors that contribute to the correlated outcomes of longitudinal hospitalization and mortality. For this we utilize multilevel data from the United States Renal Data System (USRDS), a national database that includes nearly all patients with ESKD, where repeated measurements/hospitalizations over time are nested in patients and patients are nested within (health service) regions across the contiguous U.
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