Study Design. Prospective observational study. Objective. To determine the prevalence of
isolated thoracic degeneration on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), demographic factors …

Diagnostic ambiguity is prevalent in medicine, and may lead to undesirable medical
consequences. In this paper, diagnostic ambiguity for lumber disc degeneration (LDD) is …

Objective Using whole spine sagittal T2 MRI, we aimed to compare the severity and
prevalence of disc degeneration (DD) in axial SpA patients vs the general population and to …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Etiology of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is still unknown.
Prior in vitro research suggests intervertebral disc pathomorphology as a cause for the …

Study Design Retrospective Objective To compare the rate of positive pathology on thoracic
MRI ordered by surgical spine specialists to those ordered by nonsurgical spine specialists …

2. Discussion Radiographic evidence of ASD following spinal fusion has been noted in more
than 30% of cases [[5],[6],[7]]. However, some reports suggest that the prevalence of ASD in …

Objective This study aimed to comprehensively assess the prevalence and distribution of
degenerative cervical and thoracic diseases with compression of the spinal cord, such as …

This study investigates the ability of TNFα and H 2 O 2 to induce senescence in cells of the
inner annulus fibrosus (iAF) and the role of paracrine signaling in the latter process. Our …

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