Search Results - "ABDU, William A"
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Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: Does Fusion Method Influence Outcome? Four-Year Results of the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial
Published in Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) (01-10-2009)“…Clinical trial subgroup analysis. To compare outcomes of different fusion techniques treating degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS). Summary of Background Data…”
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Degenerative Spondylolisthesis Versus Spinal Stenosis: Does a Slip Matter? Comparison of Baseline Characteristics and Outcomes (SPORT)
Published in Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) (01-02-2010)“…As-treated analysis of the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial. To compare baseline characteristics and surgical and nonoperative outcomes between…”
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The impact of comorbidities on the change in short-form 36 and oswestry scores following lumbar spine surgery
Published in Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) (01-08-2006)“…This is an observational study of 3482 patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery from the National Spine Network. To explore the influence of medical and…”
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Psychometric Evaluation of a Decision Quality Instrument for Treatment of Lumbar Herniated Disc
Published in Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) (15-08-2012)“…Retrospective and prospective patient surveys and a physician survey using a sample from American Medical Association master file. To evaluate the performance…”
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Descriptive epidemiology and prior healthcare utilization of patients in the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial's (SPORT) three observational cohorts: Disc herniation, spinal stenosis, and degenerative spondylolisthesis
Published in Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) (01-04-2006)“…Prospective observational cohorts. To describe sociodemographic and clinical features, and nonoperative (medical) resource utilization before enrollment, in…”
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SPORT Lumbar Intervertebral Disk Herniation and Back Pain : Does Treatment, Location, or Morphology Matter?
Published in Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) (15-02-2008)“…Diskectomy candidates with at least 6 weeks of sciatica and confirmatory imaging were enrolled in a randomized or observational cohort. This study sought to…”
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Long-term Outcomes of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Eight-Year Results of the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT)
Published in Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) (15-01-2015)“…STUDY DESIGN.Randomized trial with a concurrent observational cohort study. OBJECTIVE.To compare 8-year outcomes of surgery with nonoperative care for…”
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Surgical Versus Nonoperative Treatment for Lumbar Disc Herniation: Eight-Year Results for the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial
Published in Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) (01-01-2014)“…STUDY DESIGN.Concurrent prospective randomized and observational cohort studies. OBJECTIVE.To assess the 8-year outcomes of surgery versus nonoperative care…”
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Reoperation for Recurrent Intervertebral Disc Herniation in the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial: Analysis of Rate, Risk Factors, and Outcome
Published in Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) (15-07-2017)“…STUDY DESIGN.This study was a post-hoc subgroup analysis of prospectively collected data in the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT). OBJECTIVE.The…”
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Long-Term Results of Surgery Compared With Nonoperative Treatment for Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis in the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT)
Published in Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) (01-12-2018)“…STUDY DESIGN.Randomized trial with a concurrent observational cohort study OBJECTIVE.To compare eight-year outcomes between surgery and nonoperative care and…”
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Association between obesity and functional status in patients with spine disease
Published in Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) (01-02-2002)“…A cross-sectional study of 15,974 patients with spine disease from 26 members of the National Spine Network. To use functional status measures and clinical…”
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The Impact of Spinal Problems on the Health Status of Patients: Have We Underestimated the Effect?
Published in Spine (Philadelphia, PA. 1976) (15-06-2000)“…STUDY DESIGN.A prospective study of 17,774 patients who consulted spine centers in which the impact of spinal disorders and comorbidities on physical…”
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Surgical Versus Nonoperative Treatment for Lumbar Disc Herniation : Four-Year Results for the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT)
Published in Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) (01-12-2008)“…Concurrent, prospective, randomized, and observational cohort study. To assess the 4-year outcomes of surgery versus nonoperative care. Although randomized…”
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Surgical vs Nonoperative Treatment for Lumbar Disk Herniation: The Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT): A Randomized Trial
Published in JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (22-11-2006)“…CONTEXT Lumbar diskectomy is the most common surgical procedure performed for back and leg symptoms in US patients, but the efficacy of the procedure relative…”
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Intraoperative Ketamine Reduces Perioperative Opiate Consumption in Opiate-dependent Patients with Chronic Back Pain Undergoing Back Surgery
Published in Anesthesiology (Philadelphia) (01-09-2010)“…Ketamine is an N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antagonist that has been shown to be useful in the reduction of acute postoperative pain and analgesic consumption…”
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Can condition-specific health surveys be specific to spine disease? An analysis of the effect of comorbidities on baseline condition-specific and general health survey scores
Published in Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) (15-05-2006)“…This is an observational cross-sectional study of 26,290 patients seen and evaluated in the 25 centers of the National Spine Network. To explore the…”
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Surgical versus Nonsurgical Treatment for Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis
Published in The New England journal of medicine (31-05-2007)“…This clinical trial compared surgical treatment with nonsurgical treatment of spondylolisthesis. Because of extensive patient crossover, the data were…”
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Who should undergo surgery for degenerative spondylolisthesis? Treatment effect predictors in SPORT
Published in Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) (01-10-2013)“…Combined prospective randomized controlled trial and observational cohort study of degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS) with an as-treated analysis. To…”
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Multiple independent, sequential, and spontaneously resolving lumbar intervertebral disc herniations: a case report
Published in Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) (01-03-2002)“…A case report is presented. To highlight the potential for spontaneous resolution of large extruded intervertebral lumbar disc herniations in a patient with…”
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Radiculopathy and the Herniated Lumbar Disc: Controversies Regarding Pathophysiology and Management
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