Purpose Surgical intervention is a treatment option for various spinal pathology but many
patients report no improvement or even an exacerbation of symptoms like pain. This study …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: The role of psychological well-being in surgical outcomes is
gaining momentum. The inclusion of the Mental Component Summary (MCS) of the Short Form …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) remains a common cause of lower
extremity radicular dysfunction. Non-operative measures, including selective nerve root …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Persistent lower extremity neurologic symptoms post lumbar
discectomy or decompression are often managed with revision decompression and fusion …

Background: To characterize the accuracy of patient recall of preoperative symptoms in a
cohort of lumbar spine surgery patients. Methods: We analyzed consecutive patients …

Background: The Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network (CSORN) is an emergent,
rapidly growing national spine registry. The utility of a medical database is dependent on …

Produced waters from hydraulically fractured shale formations give insight into the microbial
ecology and biogeochemical conditions down-well. This study explores the potential for …

… Readers are introduced to the Garden of Eden in the middle of a high-density suburb
Lozikeyi, which was named after a female ancestor from the Ndebele tribe of Jidada country. The …

Study Design: Ambispective cohort study. Objective: Patients spend on average 3 to 7 days
in hospital after lumbar fusion surgery. Patients who are unable to be discharged home may …

We consider the problem of estimating the number of distinct elements in a large data set (or,
equivalently, the support size of the distribution induced by the data set) from a random …