Bilateral symptomatic synovial cysts of the lumbar spine caused by calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease: a case report.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cross-seccional analysis. OBJECTIVE:To define the clinical usefulness of vestibular-evoked myogenic potential (VEMP) in detecting cervical medullar involvement related to human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DA...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Felipe L,Gonçalves DU,Santos MA,Proietti FA,Ribas JG,Carneiro-Proietti AB,Lambertucci JR

更新日期：2008-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review-multicenter database. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to compare the upper thoracic (UT) and lower thoracic (LT) upper instrumented vertebrae (UIV) in long fusions to the sacrum for adult scoliosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The optimal UIV for stopping long fusions to the s...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kim HJ,Boachie-Adjei O,Shaffrey CI,Schwab F,Lafage V,Bess S,Gupta MC,Smith JS,Deviren V,Akbarnia B,Mundis GM,OʼBrien M,Hostin R,Ames C,International Spine Study Group.

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled study. OBJECTIVE:To report the results of using the PediGuard (SpineGuard, Inc., San Francisco, CA), a local electrical conductivity measurement device, to reduce radiation exposure while drilling the pilot hole for pedicle screw placement. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:R...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Chaput CD,George K,Samdani AF,Williams JI,Gaughan J,Betz RR

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective database review. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether microscope use during spine procedures is associated with increased operating room times or increased risk of infection. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Operating microscopes are commonly used in spine procedures. It is debated whether the use of an...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Basques BA,Golinvaux NS,Bohl DD,Yacob A,Toy JO,Varthi AG,Grauer JN

更新日期：2014-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective case series of nine children with early-onset scoliosis (EOS) treated by a single surgeon with a novel implant, the magnet-driven growing rod (MdGR) in a publicly funded health care service accounting for "payer costs" (PC) incurred. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to compare the cost-effe...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Harshavardhana NS,Noordeen MHH,Dormans JP

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes consistent with Scheuermann's kyphosis were noted in 103 specimens (7.4%) of a sample of 1,384 thoracic spines in the Hamann-Todd collection of human skeletons. In 94% of the affected vertebrae, a distinct anterior elongation of the vertebral centrum was present. This anterior extension was composed of mature ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Digiovanni BF,Scoles PV,Latimer BM

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term effect of Harrington instrumentation was investigated using posteroanterior radiographs and computed tomographic measurements preoperatively, postoperatively, and at a mean follow-up at 10.8 years in 33 patients with idiopathic scoliosis. No patient was lost from long-term follow-up. At follow-up, the me...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Willers U,Hedlund R,Aaro S,Normelli H,Westman L

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Review of oral and poster presentations and of workshop summaries from the Ninth International Forum for Primary Care Research on Low Back Pain held in Majorca, Spain, October 4-6, 2007. OBJECTIVE:Summarize highlights of the conference. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The International Forum for Primary Care ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cherkin D,Kovacs FM,Croft P,Borkan J,Foster NE,Oberg B,Urrútia G,Zamora J,International Organizing Committee of the Ninth International Forum for Primary Care Research on Low Back Pain and All the Participants.

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective study to analyze the effect of decompressive extent on the posterior shift of spinal cord after expansive open-door laminoplasty (ELAP). OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of decompressive extent on cord shift distance after ELAP, and determine the morphologic limitations of posterior app...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kong Q,Zhang L,Liu L,Li T,Gong Q,Zeng J,Song Y,Liu H,Wang S,Sun Y,Zhang F,Li M,Chen Z

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and distribution of abnormal findings on cervical spine magnetic resonance image (MRI). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Neurological symptoms and abnormal findings on MR images are keys to diagnose the spinal diseases. ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Nakashima H,Yukawa Y,Suda K,Yamagata M,Ueta T,Kato F

更新日期：2015-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Does infant malnutrition produce smaller adult spinal canals? Lumbar and thoracic vertebrae (n X 1073), from a prehistoric American Indian population (15-55 yrs of age), were measured for anteroposterior (AP) and transverse (TR) vertebral canal sizes, nerve root tunnel (intervertebral foramen) widths (NRT), vertebral ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Clark GA,Panjabi MM,Wetzel FT

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:In this study, 10 patients with chronic irreducible atlantoaxial dislocation were treated by transoral anterior decompression and fusion. OBJECTIVES:To examine the benefits of the transoral approach, the patients treated with this procedure were compared with the historical control subjects after 2 years ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Subin B,Liu JF,Marshall GJ,Huang HY,Ou JH,Xu GZ

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective consecutive series. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of minimal invasive surgery for acute lumbar fractures by means of balloon kyphoplasty with calcium phosphate plus segmental short posterior instrumented fusion. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:In the surgical treatment of lumbar fractures wit...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Korovessis P,Hadjipavlou A,Repantis T

更新日期：2008-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report. OBJECTIVE:Presentation of the previously unreported technique of balloon kyphoplasty being used to prophylactically stabilize a vertebral body metastasis at risk of imminent fracture. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Many patients with spinal metastases are not suitable for a total en bloc resecti...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Langdon J,Bernard J,Molloy S

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report and long-term follow-up. OBJECTIVES:To answer the question of whether the operation performed was worthwhile and lasting. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Congenital kyphosis due to defects of vertebral body formation has a high incidence of paraplegia if not surgically stabilized. Traditional post...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Winter RB,Turek-Shay LA

更新日期：1997-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Fifty-seven patients with dens fractures were identified from 1986 to 1996 at the authors' institution. Forty-six were available for reevaluation by two independent observers with a mean follow-up period of 26 months. OBJECTIVE:To determine by age and fracture type which treatment regimen provided the bes...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Seybold EA,Bayley JC

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:In a single blinded procedure, quantified cervical clinical tests were performed on machine operators with and without subjective reports of neck pain. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate whether subjective reports of neck pain are associated with limited and painful cervical spine mobility. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DAT...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hagen KB,Harms-Ringdahl K,Enger NO,Hedenstad R,Morten H

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Correct dermatome identification is essential to reduce nomenclature and surgical errors, to improve neurologic correlation, and to produce accurate statistics regarding low-back problems. The phylogenetic category of the spine must be known and junctional transitional vertebrae within the column properly identified a...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wigh RE

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Trunk sway occurring during clinical stance and gait tasks was compared between a group of subjects with a chronic whiplash injury, resulting from an automobile collision, and a normal collective. OBJECTIVES:To examine if population specific trunk sway patterns for stance and gait could be identified for ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Sjöström H,Allum JH,Carpenter MG,Adkin AL,Honegger F,Ettlin T

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Descriptive histologic analysis of spinal cord gene therapy. OBJECTIVE:To maximize protein expression in rat spinal cord using recombinant adenoassociate virus viral vector. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There are few reports of spinal cord genetic transfer. There have been no reports that compare technique...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Harrop JS,Poulsen DJ,Xiao W,Freese A,During MJ

更新日期：2004-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Carotid artery blood flow was measured in 15 patients undergoing anterior cervical spine surgery. OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of intraoperative retraction on carotid artery flow dynamics. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Adequate surgical exposure for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion necessitates ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Pollard ME,Little PW

更新日期：2002-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A follow-up study evaluating postural control, lumbar movement perception, and paraspinal muscle reflexes in disc herniation-related chronic low back pain (LBP) before and after discectomy. OBJECTIVES:To assess the effect of discectomy on postural control, lumbar perception, and reflex activation of paras...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Leinonen V,Kankaanpää M,Luukkonen M,Kansanen M,Hänninen O,Airaksinen O,Taimela S

更新日期：2003-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report and literature review. OBJECTIVE:To describe a unique case of recurrent cerebral embolisms with "bilateral" atlantoaxial rotational vertebral artery occlusion (RVAO), and review the literature on this rare entity. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The few reports of bilateral bow hunter's stroke (BH...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Takeshima Y,Nishimura F,Park YS,Nakase H

更新日期：2014-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective radiographic analysis of cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to clarify the pathophysiology of CSM, and use the characteristic of global spinal alignment for determining the surgical strategy. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Radiographic evaluation of CSM, ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yoshida G,Alzakri A,Pointillart V,Boissiere L,Obeid I,Matsuyama Y,Vital JM,Gille O

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A biomechanical model for studying lumbar muscle load sharing for a class of physical tasks that involve gravitational loading (holding weights) of the upper body in an erect posture is presented. The model assumes that the lumbar muscles balance the externally applied flexion and lateral bending moments. The concept ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ladin Z,Murthy KR,De Luca CJ

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective analysis of the clinical outcomes of eight patients with the lumbar pars interarticulars defects treated by direct repair with the aid of intraoperative O-arm based navigation and microendoscopic techniques. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy and safety of dire...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Jia M,Wang J,Zhang Z,Zheng W,Zhou Y

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A multisurgeon assessment of curve classification, selection of operative approach, and fusion levels via a case study presentation. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the ability of a group of scoliosis surgeons, not involved in the development of a new classification system, to accurately choose the corresponding c...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lenke LG,Betz RR,Haher TR,Lapp MA,Merola AA,Harms J,Shufflebarger HL

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective study on intraoperative blood loss during lumbar spine surgery. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the relationship between airway pressure change due to the patient's prone position and intraoperative blood loss during lumbar spine surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:A prone position may increase abdomin...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Koh JC,Lee JS,Han DW,Choi S,Chang CH

更新日期：2013-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A biomechanical study using multidirectional flexibility testing in a human cadaveric cervical spine model of a flexion-distraction injury. OBJECTIVES:To compare the immediate postoperative stabilizing effect of dynamic and rigid anterior cervical plates and to assess the confounding effects of bone miner...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Dvorak MF,Pitzen T,Zhu Q,Gordon JD,Fisher CG,Oxland TR

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrieval analysis of 2 Ti-6Al-4V alloy rods that fractured after spinal instrumentation surgery. OBJECTIVE:To determine the mechanism that underlies fractures of Ti-6Al-4V alloy rods after spinal instrumentation surgery from a materials science viewpoint. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Rod failures after sp...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yamanaka K,Mori M,Yamazaki K,Kumagai R,Doita M,Chiba A

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00