Finding studies
Finding studies
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Nestor Tomycz, MD
CONTACT
Alexander Yu, MD
CONTACT
Lead
Allegheny Singer Research Institute (also known as Allegheny Health Network Research Institute)
With
Retrospective Cohort: A maximum of 200 patients that received one or two level ACDF structural allograft with plates with autograft and/or allograft comprised of cancellous and/or corticocancellous bone chips at AHN in the past will retrospectively be screened for inclusion into a pool of potential candidates for the retrospective cohort. Patients will be included in this preliminary pool if the following information are available: age (at surgery), sex, body mass index (at surgery), no smoking at baseline, number of levels operated on, which specific levels were operated on, standard of care clinic follow-up at 6 and 12 months (3 month visit not required) and imaging that can be used to assess fusion at baseline, 6 and 12 months (3 month imaging not required). If available, NDI and VAS, questionnaires completed during baseline and post-op visits will be collected. This pool of retrospective cohort candidates will be used to match the patients in the prospective cohort to patients treated with structural allograft using a 1:2 ratio. Thus, 40 patients will ultimately be included in the retrospective cohort.
Age
18–80
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
