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Background
A critical knowledge gap exists regarding the impact of neurologic deficits on surgical outcomes and health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) for patients surgically treated for metastatic epidural spinal cord compression (MESCC).
Methods
This prospective, multicenter and international study analyzed the impact of the neurologic status on functional status, HRQOL, and postoperative survival...
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a prevalent infectious disease in eastern Taiwan, and, tuberculous spondylitis has a great impact on the quality of daily life.To investigate the demographics, clinical manifestation and treatment in eastern Taiwan.From January 1988 to December 2010, the medical records were retrospectively reviewed of adult patients with a diagnosis of TB of the spine. Patients were enrolled...
Introduction The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the clinical outcome of patients with spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas (SDAVFs) that were treated with surgery, catheter embolization, or surgery after incomplete embolization. Methods The study included 21 consecutive patients with SDAVFs of the thoracic, lumbar, or sacral spine who were treated in our institution from 1994 to...
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