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spinal-instrumentation-hardware
En Dash
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"Songer cables (braided titanium or stainless steel – more pliable)"

Line 7:59 · Use a hyphen-minus ('-') instead of an en-dash ('–').
Adjectival Hyphens
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"Clamps and hooks have been as a posterior cervical fusion technique in atlantoaxial fixation or conjunction with a pre-contoured rod-screw system for occipitocervical fusion."

Line 27:119 · Only use medical adjectival hyphens where the letters at the end and start of the compound word are the same, e.g. post-transplant. In this case, don't use the hyphen: 'pre-contoured'.

"pre-contoured occipitocervical rods"

Line 61:4 · Only use medical adjectival hyphens where the letters at the end and start of the compound word are the same, e.g. post-transplant. In this case, don't use the hyphen: 'pre-contoured'.
List Caps
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"Songer cables (braided titanium or stainless steel – more pliable)"

Line 7:8 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

"Halifax clamps"

Line 30:8 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

"Haid plate"

Line 48:8 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

"Ohio Medical Instruments Loop"

Line 63:8 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

"Hartshill-Ransford contoured loop"

Line 64:8 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

"Harrington rod (lengthenable rods hooked to the laminar surface of the concave side of scoliosis, used in the 1960s-1990s)"

Line 105:8 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

"Luque rod (posterior thoracolumbar stabilisation with sublaminar wires, not used anymore)"

Line 106:8 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

"Wallis (interspinous PEEK spacer fixed with Dacron bands)"

Line 131:8 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

"Coflex (U-shaped titanium implant with vertical wings)"

Line 132:8 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.
Acronyms
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"synthetic cages (PEEK)"

Line 71:25 · 'PEEK' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.

"carbon composite cages (e.g. PLDLLA)"

Line 72:37 · 'PLDLLA' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.

"Rods are used as connecting elements for posterolateral thoracic, lumbar, lumbosacral and spinopelvic fusion procedures (e.g. PLIF and TLIF) and for scoliosis surgery 2."

Line 93:140 · 'PLIF' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.

"Rods are used as connecting elements for posterolateral thoracic, lumbar, lumbosacral and spinopelvic fusion procedures (e.g. PLIF and TLIF) and for scoliosis surgery 2."

Line 93:156 · 'TLIF' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.

"Wallis (interspinous PEEK spacer fixed with Dacron bands)"

Line 131:29 · 'PEEK' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.
Headings Valid
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Expected headings

  • H1 Indications
  • H1 Contraindications
  • H1 Preprocedural evaluation
  • H1 Procedure
  • H2 Equipment
  • H2 Technique
  • H2 Postprocedural care
  • H1 Postprocedural evaluation
  • H2 Radiographic features
  • H1 Complications
  • H1 Outcomes
  • H1 History and etymology
  • H1 See also

"Cervical spine instrumentation hardware"

Line 2:1 · "Cervical spine instrumentation hardware" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Wires and cables"

Line 3:1 · "Wires and cables" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Screws"

Line 12:1 · "Screws" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Clamps and hooks"

Line 26:1 · "Clamps and hooks" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Plates"

Line 32:1 · "Plates" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Rods"

Line 55:1 · "Rods" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Cages"

Line 68:1 · "Cages" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Artificial cervical discs"

Line 77:1 · "Artificial cervical discs" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Thoracolumbar spine instrumentation hardware"

Line 79:1 · "Thoracolumbar spine instrumentation hardware" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Wires and cables"

Line 80:1 · "Wires and cables" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Screws"

Line 82:1 · "Screws" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Plates"

Line 90:1 · "Plates" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Rods"

Line 92:1 · "Rods" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Interbody spacers and vertebral body replacements"

Line 108:1 · "Interbody spacers and vertebral body replacements" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Artificial discs"

Line 117:1 · "Artificial discs" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Dynamic stabilisation devices"

Line 119:1 · "Dynamic stabilisation devices" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Interspinous devices"

Line 127:1 · "Interspinous devices" is not a recognised heading for this article type.
Inline EG
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"carbon composite cages (e.g. PLDLLA)"

Line 72:31 · Consider replacing a bracketed e.g. with an inline e.g. after a comma.

"Nowadays wires and cables are not commonly used for instrumentation of the thoracic lumbar spine. They have been used in conjunction with other implants (e.g. Hartshill rectangles)."

Line 81:157 · Consider replacing a bracketed e.g. with an inline e.g. after a comma.
Oxford Comma
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"Similar to rods plates are used as connecting elements more often in spinal surgeries with a fusion of fewer levels and with an anterior, oblique or lateral approach."

Line 91:132 · Use the Oxford comma in 'anterior, oblique or lateral'.

"Rods are used as connecting elements for posterolateral thoracic, lumbar, lumbosacral and spinopelvic fusion procedures (e.g. PLIF and TLIF) and for scoliosis surgery 2."

Line 93:77 · Use the Oxford comma in 'lumbar, lumbosacral and spinopelvic'.

"Interbody spacers and vertebral body replacements include cages and solid tapered constructs. Various implants exist including rigid, expandable and stackable devices, which might be combined with rod-screw or plate-screw constructs 2,4. Some of them feature integral interlocking or fixation mechanisms 6."

Line 109:131 · Use the Oxford comma in 'rigid, expandable and stackable'.

"Artificial discs are used in lumbar disc replacements with symptomatic degenerative disc disease but with the absence of significant facet joint arthritis, spondylolisthesis or instability 2. Semiconstrained ball-and-socket devices and unconstrained devices exist. Some of them have a metal-on-metal interface others come with metal endplates and a polyethene liner 7."

Line 118:159 · Use the Oxford comma in 'arthritis, spondylolisthesis or instability'.
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