Suicide is among the top ten leading causes of death in individuals of all ages. An
explanatory model for suicidal behavior that links clinical and psychological risk factors or …

Study Design. Retrospective cohort study. Objective. To assess the rate and causes of
unplanned readmissions after surgical treatment of common degenerative lumbar pathologies …

Background Unplanned hospital readmissions result in significant clinical and financial
burdens to patients and the healthcare system. Readmission rates and causes have been …

Purpose Advancements in smart phone technology has made them valuable tools for clinicians.
When using such devices in place of standard methods, one must take caution that their …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to compare 3-dimensional correction associated with
anterior release and contemporary posterior instrumentation vs posterior-only surgery. …

At first blush the role of neurobiology may not obviously fit in a volume focused on suicidal
patients and the therapeutic alliance, which mostly deal with the psychology of these …

NASS recognizes that professional relationships with industry are essential for development
of new spine technologies and medical advancement. According to the NASS Ethics …

Migraine is an extremely common incapacitating neurovascular disorder and has co
morbidity with many psychiatric illnesses which are caused by neurotransmitter imbalance, …

… For lumbar spine, Chibuikem et al. reported a readmission rate of 2.82 % in a cohort of 140
Medicare patients who underwent surgery for degenerative lumbar stenosis within the 90-…

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