2 results match your criteria: "Center for Spine Surgery and Research-Middelfart[Affiliation]"
Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Objectives: The purpose of the present study is to determine if age, gender, smoking status, and body mass index (BMI) are significant risk factors of symptomatic recurrent lumbar disc herniation (rLDH) leading to reoperation.
Methods: A cohort of 1378 consecutive patients who underwent discectomy for LDH from June 2010 to January 2015 at our institution were included.
Mutation of the Planar Cell Polarity Gene VANGL1 in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
June 2017
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Wilhelm Johannsen Center for Functional Genome Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Study Design: Mutation analysis of a candidate disease gene in a cohort of patients with moderate to severe Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS).
Objective: To investigate if damaging mutations in the planar cell polarity gene VANGL1 could be identified in AIS patients.
Summary Of Background Data: AIS is a spinal deformity which occurs in 1% to 3% of the population.