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J Neurosurg Spine
January 2025
2Cleveland Clinic Center for Spine Health, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; and.
Objective: Spinal fusion is a commonly performed surgical procedure used to relieve pain, deformity, and instability of various spinal pathologies. Although there have been attempts to standardize spinal fusion assessment radiologically, there is currently no unified definition that also considers clinical symptomology. This review attempts to create a more holistic and standardized definition of spinal fusion.
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January 2025
Department of Radiology, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of artificial intelligence (AI) assisted radiologists and standard double-reading in real-world clinical settings for rib fractures (RFs) detection on CT images. This study included 243 consecutive chest trauma patients (mean age, 58.1 years; female, 166) with rib CT scans.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClin Orthop Relat Res
January 2025
Department of Rehabilitation, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Background: Many patients with a lower limb socket-suspended prothesis experience socket-related problems, such as pain, chronic skin conditions, and mechanical problems, and as a result, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is often negatively affected. A bone-anchored prosthesis can overcome these problems and improve HRQoL, but these prostheses have potential downsides as well. A valid and reliable tool to assess potential candidates for surgery concerning a favorable risk-benefit ratio between potential complications related to bone-anchored prostheses and improvements in HRQoL is not available yet.
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January 2025
Science and Education Department, Zibo Orthopedic Hospital, 255040 Zibo, Shandong, China.
Background: Osteoporotic fractures (OPF) pose a public health issue, imposing significant burdens on families and societies worldwide. Currently, there is a lack of comprehensive and validated risk assessment models for OPF. This study aims to develop a model to assess and predict the risk of OPF in Qingdao City, China.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCephalomedullary nail is the gold standard treatment for intertrochanteric fracture in geriatric population. The aim of the study was to investigate the differences of the reamed versus the unreamed short proximal femoral nailing (PFN), in terms of the duration of surgery and the outcome. The impact of patients and fracture characteristics to the outcome was also evaluated.
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