Tag: Spinal Problems
Etiology of Spinal Cord Injury Affects QOL Outcomes After Bladder Surgery
Worse impact of neurogenic bladder in urinary-related QOL seen for acquired versus congenital spinal cord injury
Cervical Spine Injury Prediction Rule in Children Can Guide Imaging Use
Prediction rule can help physicians determine which children should undergo imaging on presentation to the ED after blunt trauma
Arm Fat May Predict Spinal Fracture Risk
Higher fat mass in the arms tied to lower bone quality measured by trabecular bone score
Worse Outcomes Seen for Severe Bilateral Hip OA in Adult Spinal Deformity
Patients with severe bilateral hip OA had worse sagittal vertebral axis measurement at one year
Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy Patients Often Have Severe Residual Paresthesia
Residual paresthesia tied to significantly worse treatment satisfaction, even after accounting for quality of life
Spinal Manipulation May Reduce Lumbar Spine Reoperations
Reoperations reduced for adults experiencing lumbosacral radiculopathy after lumbar discectomy with SMT versus usual care
Opioid Use Down With Erector Spinae Plane Blocks in Lumbar Laminectomy
Bilateral erector spinae plane blocks combined with multimodal analgesia also reduces pain scores, need for antiemetic therapy
App Beneficial for Management of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Model could recognize severities and curve types with higher sensitivity, negative predictive value than a junior and senior surgeon
Surgical Stabilization Beneficial for Odontoid Fractures
Mortality rate lower at 30 days and one year in propensity score-matched and Cox proportional hazards analyses
Long-Term Indwelling Urethral Catheter Tied to More Infections
UTI incidence higher with long-term IUC use for people with spinal cord injury, especially compared with suprapubic catheter
