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The Impact of COVID-19 on Radiology Trainees by Alvin, Matthew D, George, Elizabeth, Deng, Francis, Warhadpande, Shantanu, Lee, Susanna I

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The USMLE Step 2 CS: Time for a change by Alvin, Matthew D.

“…The United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE ® ) Steps are a series of mandatory licensing assessments for all allopathic (MD degree) medical…”
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Eliminating Creatine Kinase-Myocardial Band Testing in Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Value-Based Quality Improvement by Alvin, Matthew D, Jaffe, Allan S, Ziegelstein, Roy C, Trost, Jeffrey C

“…Cardiac biomarker testing is estimated to occur in nearly 30 million emergency department visits nationwide each year in the United States. The American…”
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Prospective Clinical Trials: 10-year Trends in Radiology by Alvin, Matthew D, Moshiri, Mariam, Bluemke, David A

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Free-Market Approach to the Match: An Unfair and Unfeasible Proposal by Alvin, Matthew D., Magid, Donna

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CT Angiography for Triage of Minor Stroke: Controversial Analysis by Yousem, David M, Zhou, Alice, Alvin, Matthew D

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The impact of preoperative depression on quality of life outcomes after lumbar surgery by Miller, Jacob A., BS, Derakhshan, Adeeb, BS, Lubelski, Daniel, BA, Alvin, Matthew D., MBA, MA, McGirt, Matthew J., MD, Benzel, Edward C., MD, Mroz, Thomas E., MD

“…Abstract Background context Some, smaller studies have investigated the effect of preoperative depression on postoperative improvement in quality of life…”
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C5 palsy after posterior cervical decompression and fusion: cost and quality-of-life implications by Miller, Jacob A., BS, Lubelski, Daniel, BA, Alvin, Matthew D., MBA, MA, Benzel, Edward C., MD, Mroz, Thomas E., MD

“…Abstract Background context C5 palsy is a debilitating postoperative complication of cervical decompression surgery. Although the prognosis is typically good,…”
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Transitioning to a High-Value Health Care Model: Academic Accountability by Johnson, Pamela T, Alvin, Matthew D, Ziegelstein, Roy C

“…Health care spending in the United States has increased to unprecedented levels, and these costs have broken medical providers’ promise to do no harm. Medical…”
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The Couples Match: Navigating the Trail Together by Alvin, Matthew D., Alvin, Madeleine L.

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Value of acute neurovascular imaging in patients with suspected transient ischemic attack by Jalilianhasanpour, Rozita, Huntley, Joseph H., Alvin, Matthew D., Hause, Stephanie, Ali, Nabila, Urrutia, Victor, Ghazi Sherbaf, Farzaneh, Johnson, Pamela T., Yousem, David M., Yedavalli, Vivek

“…•Of 398 patients presenting to the emergency department with transient neurologic deficits, 28.1% were ultimately diagnosed with a true TIA, but over 84%…”
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Cost and quality of life outcome analysis of postoperative infections after posterior lumbar decompression and fusion by Pennington, Zach, Sundar, Swetha J., Lubelski, Daniel, Alvin, Matthew D., Benzel, Edward C., Mroz, Thomas E.

“…•Surgical site infections produce no long-term differences in quality of life.•Surgical site infections associated with roughly $21,000 cost increase per…”
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Compensated hydrocephalus by Alvin, Matthew D, Dr, Miller, P Elliott, MD

“…On examination she had Glasgow coma score (GCS) of 3, a temperature of 39·4°C, tachycardia, and systolic blood pressure ranging from 170-200 mm Hg…”
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Modeling diffusion-weighted imaging lesion expansion between 2 and 24 h after endovascular thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke by Rex, Nathaniel, Oueidat, Karim, Ospel, Johanna, McDonough, Rosalie, Rinkel, Leon, Baird, Grayson L., Collins, Scott, Jindal, Gaurav, Alvin, Matthew D., Boxerman, Jerrold, Barber, Phil, Jayaraman, Mahesh, Smith, Wendy, Amirault-Capuano, Amanda, Hill, Michael, Goyal, Mayank, McTaggart, Ryan

“…Purpose Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) lesion expansion after endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) is not well characterized. We used serial diffusion-weighted…”
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Imaging features of vertebral artery fenestration by D’Sa, Adam, Alvin, Matthew D., Brody, Ryan, Javed, Samrah, Faro, Scott, Nadgir, Rohini N.

“…Purpose Vertebral artery fenestration (VAF) is a rare congenital vascular anomaly which has been associated with intracranial aneurysm. VAF can share some…”
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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Radiology: A Systematic Review by Zhou, Alice, Yousem, David M., Alvin, Matthew D.

“…Cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs) have become more prevalent in radiology. However, the lack of standard methodology may lead to conflicting conclusions on…”
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Variations in cost calculations in spine surgery cost-effectiveness research by Alvin, Matthew D, Miller, Jacob A, Lubelski, Daniel, Rosenbaum, Benjamin P, Abdullah, Kalil G, Whitmore, Robert G, Benzel, Edward C, Mroz, Thomas E

“…Cost-effectiveness research in spine surgery has been a prominent focus over the last decade. However, there has yet to be a standardized method developed for…”
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Cervical spine surgery for tandem spinal stenosis: The impact on low back pain by Alvin, Matthew D., Alentado, Vincent J., Lubelski, Daniel, Benzel, Edward C., Mroz, Thomas E.

“…Retrospective Cohort. Tandem spinal stenosis (TSS) can present similarly to cervical myelopathy, but often has a worse prognosis. Few studies have investigated…”
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Cost and quality of life outcome analysis of postoperative infections after subaxial dorsal cervical fusions by Kuhns, Benjamin D, Lubelski, Daniel, Alvin, Matthew D, Taub, Jason S, McGirt, Matthew J, Benzel, Edward C, Mroz, Thomas E

“…Infections following spine surgery negatively affect patient quality of life (QOL) and impose a significant financial burden on the health care system…”
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Cost-Utility Analysis of Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion With Plating (ACDFP) Versus Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy (PCF) for Patients With Single-level Cervical Radiculopathy at 1-Year Follow-up by Alvin, Matthew D, Lubelski, Daniel, Abdullah, Kalil G, Whitmore, Robert G, Benzel, Edward C, Mroz, Thomas E

“…A retrospective 1-year cost-utility analysis. To determine the cost-effectiveness of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with plating (ACDFP) in comparison…”
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