Symptomatic spinal arachnoid cysts: report of two cases with review of the literature.

abstract：:The role of thermography for diagnosing lumbar radiculopathy was evaluated by literature review and meta-analysis. From 81 relevant citations, 28 studies could be analyzed for diagnostic-accuracy data (sensitivity and specificity) and method. Diagnostic-accuracy data varied significantly between studies; therefore mea...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hoffman RM,Kent DL,Deyo RA

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective longitudinal cohort. OBJECTIVE:We sought to demonstrate the minimally effective bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) dose to achieve fusion in minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusions. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Multiple studies have been conducted, which used a wide range of ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lytle EJ,Slavnic D,Tong D,Bahoura M,Govila L,Gonda R,Houseman C,Soo TM

更新日期：2019-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective study investigated the progression risk of juvenile scoliosis until skeletal maturity or spinal fusion. OBJECTIVES:To define risk factors of curve progression during pubertal growth and analyze the timing of arthrodesis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Juvenile scoliosis is characterized by a ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Charles YP,Daures JP,de Rosa V,Diméglio A

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purposes of this study were to evaluate the nature of the paraspinal soft tissue mass and the location of the lesion involved using magnetic resonance imaging and to correlate these observations with surgical findings. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:In the past, tuberculous spondylitis was diagnosed by plai...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kim NH,Lee HM,Suh JS

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The effectiveness of Polyactive (Osteotech, Inc., Shrewsbury, NJ), an elastomeric segmental copolymer, as a barrier material for the prevention of perineural scar formation was evaluated in eight adult mongrel dogs. Two animals each were killed at 2, 4, 8, and 12 weeks postoperation. OBJECTIVE:This study ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cook SD,Prewett AB,Dalton JE,Whitecloud TS 3rd

更新日期：1994-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a 2-year period, 92 patients were submitted as outpatients to lumbar myelography using lopamidol, a new nonionic water-soluble contrast medium. The incidence and severity of adverse reactions associated with myelography in these cases were compared with those in 116 patients who underwent lopamidol myelography as...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Postacchini F,Massobrio M

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective cohort analysis. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to assess whether duration of symptoms (DOS) has an effect on clinical outcomes in patients undergoing lumbar decompression. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The success of surgical interventions for lumbar spinal stenosis varies depending on...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Movassaghi K,Basques BA,Louie PK,Khan JM,Derman PB,Nolte MT,Paul JC,Goldberg EJ,An HS

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The segmental levels of dorsal root ganglions innervating the sacroiliac joint in rats were investigated using the retrograde transport method. The pathways and functions of the nerve fibers supplying the sacroiliac joint were determined by immunohistochemical detection of transported tracer. OBJECTIVES:T...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Murata Y,Takahashi K,Yamagata M,Takahashi Y,Shimada Y,Moriya H

更新日期：2000-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Laboratory investigation, ex vivo. OBJECTIVE:Postoperative complications are common after spinal implantation procedures, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) would be the ideal modality to image these patients. Unfortunately, the implants cause artifacts that can render MRI nondiagnostic. The WARP-turbo ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Griffin JF 4th,Archambault NS,Mankin JM,Wall CR,Thompson JA,Padua A Jr,Purdy D,Kerwin SC

更新日期：2013-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Literature review of basic scientific and clinical research in spinal cord injury (SCI). OBJECTIVE:To provide physicians with an overview of the neurobiologic challenges of SCI, the current status of investigation for novel therapies that have been translated to human clinical trials, and the preclinical,...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kwon BK,Sekhon LH,Fehlings MG

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis of indications, techniques, results of stabilization and decompression of 100 consecutive spinal tumour cases was carried out. Localized metastatic disease is best operated anteriorly. Primary malignancies are best treated with en bloc resection. Pain relief in metastatic disease is achieved by rigid stabi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kostuik JP,Errico TJ,Gleason TF,Errico CC

更新日期：1988-03-01 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:An in vivo rat-tail model was adopted to study the structural changes of degenerated intervertebral disc after different traction protocols. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of traction with different modes and magnitudes on disc with simulated degeneration. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Traction has be...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lai A,Chow DH

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Immunohistochemical study of tumor necrosis factor alpha expression in autopsy and surgical specimens of human lumbar intervertebral discs. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the occurrence and localization of tumor necrosis factor alpha in intervertebral disc tissue and to correlate its expression with age and th...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Weiler C,Nerlich AG,Bachmeier BE,Boos N

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to investigate the dynamic response of human cervical spine ligaments. Uniaxial tensile failure tests were conducted on anterior longitudinal ligament (AL) and ligamentum flavum (LF) structures. These ligaments were tested under in situ conditions by transecting all the elements except the on...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yoganandan N,Pintar F,Butler J,Reinartz J,Sances A Jr,Larson SJ

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report of dorsally sequestered cervical disc herniation. OBJECTIVE:To present an unusual case of dorsally sequestered cervical disc herniation and to briefly review the literature on this condition. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There have been few reports of migration of cervical disc herniation to ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Tofuku K,Koga H,Kawabata N,Yuasa S,Yone K,Komiya S

更新日期：2007-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective case-control study of multifidus muscle atrophy in 39 patients with unilateral lumbosacral radiculopathy and lumbosacral disc herniation and 20 controls. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate quantitatively the asymmetry of multifidus muscles in unilateral lumbosacral radiculopathy with disc herniation (herni...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hyun JK,Lee JY,Lee SJ,Jeon JY

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective cross-sectional assessment of the reproducibility and reliability of radiographic parameters. OBJECTIVE:To measure the intra-examiner and interexaminer reproducibility and reliability of salient radiographic features. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The management and treatment of adolescent idi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Dang NR,Moreau MJ,Hill DL,Mahood JK,Raso J

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An experimental study of respiratory function and kinematics of the diaphragm and pelvic floor in subjects with a clinical diagnosis of sacroiliac joint pain and in a comparable pain-free subject group was conducted. OBJECTIVE:To gain insight into the motor control strategies of subjects with sacroiliac j...

journal_title：Spine

authors： O'Sullivan PB,Beales DJ,Beetham JA,Cripps J,Graf F,Lin IB,Tucker B,Avery A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A cross sectional multicenter study in six outpatient Rehabilitation Centers (RCs) in the Netherlands. OBJECTIVE:This study aims to confirm or refute the finding that a strong relationship exists between psychosocial distress and self-reported disability in patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Preuper HR,Boonstra AM,Wever D,Heuts PH,Dekker JH,Smeets RJ,Brouwer S,Geertzen JH,Reneman MF

更新日期：2011-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A systematic approach to low-back pain is presented that relies on the classification of patients according to their symptoms. Rational systems of physiotherapy are proposed for each group and incorporated into an algorithmn. One hundred forty-two patients with mechanical low-back pain have been treated, and their res...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Sikorski JM

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Human lumbar intervertebral discs from individuals of varying ages were obtained at autopsy and analyzed for collagen crosslinks. OBJECTIVES:To analyze alterations in collagen crosslinks in human lumbar intervertebral discs with aging and disc degeneration. Crosslinks studied were pyridinoline, which is a...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Pokharna HK,Phillips FM

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective cohort analysis of prospectively collected clinical data. OBJECTIVE:To compare outcomes of elective spine fusion and laminectomy when performed by neurological and orthopedic surgeons. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The relationship between primary specialty training and outcome of spinal surge...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Seicean A,Alan N,Seicean S,Neuhauser D,Benzel EC,Weil RJ

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A review is presented on current knowledge of the micromechanical factors in the intervertebral disc, their role in modifying cell biology, and changes with degeneration. OBJECTIVES:To identify current knowledge, knowledge gaps, and areas for future research in micromechanics of the intervertebral disc. ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Setton LA,Chen J

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The sensitivity of plain radiographs for diagnosing traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation and its association with craniocervical junction subarachnoid hemorrhage was examined in a retrospective review of seven patients. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the frequency of nondiagnost...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Przybylski GJ,Clyde BL,Fitz CR

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:In vitro assessment of the effects of platelet-rich plasma on the extracellular matrix metabolism of porcine intervertebral disc cells. OBJECTIVES:To determine whether platelet-rich plasma is effective in stimulating cell proliferation and extracellular matrix metabolism by porcine disc cells cultured in ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Akeda K,An HS,Pichika R,Attawia M,Thonar EJ,Lenz ME,Uchida A,Masuda K

更新日期：2006-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective longitudinal study of patients attending a back pain triage clinic with night pain. OBJECTIVE:To assess the importance of the symptom of night pain in patients attending a back pain triage clinic. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The 1994 US Agency for Health Care Policy and Research guidelines sug...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Harding IJ,Davies E,Buchanan E,Fairbank JT

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Psychometric testing of the Persian Functional Rating Index (PFRI). OBJECTIVE:To determine the reliability and validity of the PFRI in Persian-speaking subjects with neck pain (NP). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The Functional Rating Index is a self-report questionnaire that can be used for patients with ba...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ansari NN,Feise RJ,Naghdi S,Mohseni A,Rezazadeh M

更新日期：2012-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective, nonblinded, multicenter study of outcomes in patients undergoing single-level anterior lumbar discectomy and interbody fusion with InFUSE Bone Graft. OBJECTIVE:To determine the safety and effectiveness of InFUSE Bone Graft applied to an absorbable collagen sponge in anterior lumbar interbod...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Burkus JK,Transfeldt EE,Kitchel SH,Watkins RG,Balderston RA

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 27-year-old woman presented with nontraumatic atlantoaxial dislocation that required a C1-C2 fusion. A comprehensive investigation initially failed to reveal any evidence of infectious or rheumatologic disease and she remained well for 3 1/2 years, at which time a diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis was established....

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hamilton MG,MacRae ME

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00