Transient blindness after lumbar epidural steroid injection: a case report and literature review.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A sample of 486 Helsinki City Council workers, 35 to 54 years of age, was examined twice at a 1-year interval. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the speed of repetitive arm motion for its ability to predict neck pain. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Psychomotor factors have been suggested to play a role in the etiolo...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Laurén H,Luoto S,Alaranta H,Taimela S,Hurri H,Heliövaara M

更新日期：1997-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:To inhibit β-catenin specifically signaling in chondrocytes Col2-ICAT transgenic mice were generated. Anomalies in caudal vertebrae were detected during embryonic and postnatal stages of Col2-ICAT transgenic mice. OBJECTIVE:To determine the role of canonical β-catenin signaling in caudal vertebral develop...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Shu B,Li TF,Li XF,Tang DZ,Zhang Y,Shi Q,Wang YJ,Chen D

更新日期：2013-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:In vivo measurements of low back flexion posture and muscle activity before, during, and after static flexion. OBJECTIVE:To identify the occurrence of creep and muscle fatigue development in the low back during static upper body deep flexion that resembled an above ground work posture. SUMMARY OF BACKGRO...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Shin G,D'Souza C,Liu YH

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report is described. OBJECTIVE:To describe the very rare complication of destroyed lung syndrome after scoliosis correction. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The destroyed lung syndrome has, to our knowledge, never been associated with scoliosis in the literature. Bronchial kinking and compression by th...

journal_title：Spine

authors： van Ooij A,van Belle A,Timmer R,van Rhijn L

更新日期：2002-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Vascular buds in rabbit vertebral endplates were examined by scanning electron microscopy of corrosion casts. OBJECTIVES:To examine morphologic differences between vascular buds in two regions of the vertebral endplate (inner anular and nucleus pulposar). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Vascular buds are spec...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Oki S,Matsuda Y,Shibata T,Okumura H,Desaki J

更新日期：1996-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This is a single-center retrospective case-control study of 7 transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) cases and 28 controls in the pediatric spinal surgery population. OBJECTIVE:To determine the association between maternal transfusion and risk of TRALI in pediatric spinal surgery patients. SUMMARY...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Dunbar N,Cooke M,Diab M,Toy P

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Analysis of clinical database material collected prospectively. OBJECTIVE:Examination of the association between lateralization of scoliotic curves and the existence of underlying disease. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:It has been suggested that left thoracic scoliosis configurations are intrinsically patho...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Goldberg CJ,Moore DP,Fogarty EE,Dowling FE

更新日期：1999-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A systematic review within the Cochrane Collaboration Back Review Group. OBJECTIVES:To assess the effectiveness of back schools for patients with nonspecific low back pain (LBP). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Since the introduction of the Swedish back school in 1969, back schools have frequently been used f...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Heymans MW,van Tulder MW,Esmail R,Bombardier C,Koes BW

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:In vitro biomechanical study on 6 fresh frozen human thoracolumbar spine specimens. OBJECTIVE:Using a novel high viscosity polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) cement and vertebroplasty kit to correct the kyphosis angle of wedge compression fractures (AO/ASIF 1.2). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Vertebroplasty is t...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Rüger M,Schmoelz W

更新日期：2009-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of lumbosacral radiculography using 3-dimensional (3D) magnetic resonance (MR) rendering in patients with extraforaminal disc herniation. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the significance of lumbosacral radiculography as depicted by 3D MR rendering in the diagnosis of symptomatic extraforam...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Byun WM,Jang HW,Kim SW

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work is a critical analysis of the term "flexibility of scoliosis." The authors demonstrate that this measure includes two very different and noncorrelated phenomena: the collapse and the reducibility of the structural curve. In 228 paralytic curves, these two phenomena were quantified and correlated with differe...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Duval-Beaupère G,Lespargot A,Grossiord A

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Biomechanical cadaveric study. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether augmentation positively influence screw stability or not. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Implantation of pedicle screws is a common procedure in spine surgery to provide an anchorage of posterior internal fixation into vertebrae. Screw performance...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hoppe S,Loosli Y,Baumgartner D,Heini P,Benneker L

更新日期：2014-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective clinical research article. OBJECTIVE:The primary goals were to determine (1) radiation exposure to the spine surgeon with the use of an intraoperative 3-dimensional imaging system and (2) to define the safe distance from the computed tomographic scanner. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND:Intraoperative...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Abdullah KG,Bishop FS,Lubelski D,Steinmetz MP,Benzel EC,Mroz TE

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported the only known case of recurrent extraforaminal lumbar disc herniation occurring at the same level but on the opposite side. In performing lumbar disc puncture for discography, when an extraforaminal bulge is seen on CT scan, we recommend puncture through the side opposite the bulge to prevent new herniati...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Miyamoto M,Takemitsu Y,Harada Y,Iwahara T

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case of lumbar metastasis of a choriocarcinoma is presented. OBJECTIVE:To present and review a rare case of metastatic choriocarcinoma in the lumbar spine. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Choriocarcinoma is a highly anaplastic malignancy derived from trophoblastic cells characterized by the secretion of hum...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Naito Y,Akeda K,Kasai Y,Matsumine A,Tabata T,Nagao K,Uchida A

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE:Compare a novel two-step algorithm for indicating a computed tomography angiography (CTA) in the setting of a cervical spine fracture with established gold standard criteria. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:As CTA permits the rapid detection of blunt cerebrovascular injur...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Fourman MS,Shaw JD,Vaudreuil NJ,Dombrowski ME,Wawrose RA,Boakye LAT,Alarcon LH,Lee JY,Donaldson WF 3rd

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Experimental animal study. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the interaction between magnetically controlled growing rods (MCGRs) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Growing rod treatment through serial operations results in adverse effects on the patient and high treatment costs. MCG...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Eroglu M,Demirkiran G,Kocyigit IA,Bilgili H,Kaynar MB,Bumin A,Ozcan S,Yazici M

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case is reported in which a 45-year-old man developed cauda equina syndrome caused by enlargement of an L4-L5 juxtafacet cyst diagnosed 4 months earlier. OBJECTIVES:To highlight the short interval that can elapse between the discovery of a juxtafacet cyst and its remarkable progression. SUMMARY OF BACK...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Paolini S,Ciappetta P,Santoro A,Ramieri A

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Immunoblotting study to evaluate aggrecan degradation patterns in rat intervertebral discs (IVDs) subjected to mechanical overload. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of in vivo dynamic compression overloading on aggrecan degradation products associated with matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) and aggrecanase a...

journal_title：Spine

authors： latridis JC,Godburn K,Wuertz K,Alini M,Roughley PJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cases of patients with normal magnetic resonance (MR) studies of the lumbar spine and abnormal discography are presented to illustrate that normal lumbar disc signal intensity does not necessarily rule out disc degeneration. ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kornberg M

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A comparative study of aggrecanases and aggrecan fragmentation profile in the human intervertebral disc at early and advanced stages of disc degeneration. OBJECTIVE:To determine differences in the content of the aggrecanases and the profile of aggrecan fragmentation in early and advanced stages of disc de...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Patel KP,Sandy JD,Akeda K,Miyamoto K,Chujo T,An HS,Masuda K

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report of a rare disease entity and review of the literature. OBJECTIVES:To illustrate the occurrence of an unusual disease affecting the spine and spinal canal. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Rosai-Dorman disease is considered an idiopathic benign lymphoproliferative disease that typically occurs in ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hollowell JP,Wolfla CE,Shah NC,Mark LP,Whittaker MH

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to examine the effect of varying degrees of imposed leg length difference on symmetry of the innominate bones in healthy college women with relatively equal leg lengths. Subjects' leg length was determined by clinical and roentgenographic procedures. Position of the innominate bones with and wi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cummings G,Scholz JP,Barnes K

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report. OBJECTIVE:To describe an effective surgical option for sacral tuberculosis (TB). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Sacral TB is a rare cause of low back pain. A differential diagnosis of TB should always be made, especially in India where TB cases are on a rampant rise with increasing drug resist...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Shah SP,Kulkarni AG

更新日期：2012-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This rare case of tuberculosis of the arch of atlas illustrates the potential difficulties in making a clinical diagnosis of tuberculosis of the upper cervical spine. Plain roentgenograms may not demonstrate an early lesion of the neural arch, and CT is a valuable adjunct. The use of a halo vest proved a successful al...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Corea JR,Tamimi TM

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Thirty-nine adults and five children with active spinal tuberculosis and resulting kyphosis of the dorsal and lumbar spine who had combined posterior instrumentation and anterior interbody fusion were observed to determine whether the corrected spinal deformity could be maintained until solid fusion. OBJE...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Moon MS,Woo YK,Lee KS,Ha KY,Kim SS,Sun DH

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors performed six consecutive percutaneous trephine biopsies of the thoracic spine under local anesthesia, using computed tomography to localize lesions and guide needle placement. The details of the technique are illustrated. Complications were not found. The authors conclude that closed large needle biopsy o...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Mick CA,Zinreich J

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective analysis. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to compare the safety and efficacy between the fusion-nonfusion hybrid construct (HC: anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion plus artificial disc replacement, ACCF plus cADR) and anterior cervical hybrid decompression and fusion (ACHDF: anterior cervic...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ding F,Jia Z,Wu Y,Li C,He Q,Ruan D

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have reviewed the records of 36 patients with idiopathic scoliosis who underwent a single-stage anterior spinal fusion with Zielke instrumentation to determine if any adverse frontal or secondary sagittal deformities or changes in balance resulted from the surgery. Spontaneous correction of uninstrumented ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lowe TG,Peters JD

更新日期：1993-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective database analysis. OBJECTIVE:A population-based database was analyzed to identify the incidence, risk factors, and mortality associated with thromboembolic events after lumbar spine surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Pulmonary embolism (PE) and deep vein thrombosis (DVT) are potential comp...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Fineberg SJ,Oglesby M,Patel AA,Pelton MA,Singh K

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00