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ArticleGlobal spine journal2026

Response to the Letter to the Editor: "Ankylosing Spondylitis and Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis: Unaddressed Confounders in Postoperative Outcome Studies".

Abdullah Mahmood, Mitchell K Ng, Emily Berthiaume, Adam Fano, Joydeep Baidya, Gregorio Baek, Jeffrey A Rihn, Ian David Kaye, Thomas D Cha, Jose A Canseco and 4 more

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Article in Global spine journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Abdullah MahmoodDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-4628-9715
Mitchell K NgDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5831-055X
Emily BerthiaumeDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5428-7359
Adam FanoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1122-6350
Joydeep BaidyaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Gregorio BaekDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Jeffrey A RihnDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Ian David KayeDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0797-8760
Thomas D ChaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Jose A CansecoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2152-5725
Alan S HilibrandDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8811-9687
Alexander R VaccaroDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Christopher K KeplerDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Gregory D SchroederDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID42606204
PMCPMC13481518

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