A ligamentum flavum-preserving approach to the lumbar spinal canal.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Forty patients were enrolled in 2 FDA-approved pilot Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) studies using Cortoss for the treatment of vertebral compression fractures (VCF). Twenty patients were treated at 3 centers, using vertebroplasty (VP) and 20 patients were treated at 5 centers, using kyphoplasty (KP...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bae H,Shen M,Maurer P,Peppelman W,Beutler W,Linovitz R,Westerlund E,Peppers T,Lieberman I,Kim C,Girardi F

更新日期：2010-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Systematic review of cross-cultural adaptation. OBJECTIVE:To perform a systematic review of cross-cultural adaptations of the Neck Disability Index (NDI) and to give a critical assessment to improve its translation. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The NDI is used to assess functional capacity and physical act...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yao M,Sun YL,Cao ZY,Dun RL,Yang L,Zhang BM,Jiang HR,Wang YJ,Cui XJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were carried out on cadaveric lumbar spines to determine the mechanical function of the apophyseal joints. It was found that they resist most of the intervertebral shear force and share in resisting the intervertebral compressive force, but only in lordotic postures. They prevent excessive movement from da...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Adams MA,Hutton WC

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nerve root impingement within a stenotic neuroforamen is a common sequela of cervical degenerative arthritis and herniated nucleus pulposus. Understanding of the effects of cervical position on foraminal size is important in the assessment of pathology and injury, for selection of a provocative maneuver to elicit sy...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yoo JU,Zou D,Edwards WT,Bayley J,Yuan HA

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An analysis was made of the self-reported medical histories of patients with peripartum pelvic pain. OBJECTIVES:To compile an inventory of the disabilities of patients with peripartum pelvic pain, analyze factors associated with the risk for development of the disease, and to formulate a hypothesis on pat...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Mens JM,Vleeming A,Stoeckart R,Stam HJ,Snijders CJ

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Four cases of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging documented lumbar nerve root compression associated with a vacuum disc communicating with the epidural space are presented. OBJECTIVE:To give an insight into the mechanism of nerve root compression associated with vacuum disc phenomenon. SU...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kakitsubata Y,Theodorou SJ,Theodorou DJ,Yuko M,Ito Y,Yuki Y,Wada S,Maehara T

更新日期：2009-10-01 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:A descriptive epidemiology study. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study is to investigate changes in the utilization of ambulatory surgical procedures performed for intervertebral disc disorders and spinal stenosis between 1994 and 2006 in the United States. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Understanding trends in t...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Best MJ,Buller LT,Eismont FJ

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A comparison of the electrical thresholds required to evoke myogenic responses from direct stimulation of normal and chronically compressed nerve roots. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether intraoperative electromyographic testing to confirm the integrity of instrumented pedicles should be performed at higher s...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Holland NR,Lukaczyk TA,Riley LH 3rd,Kostuik JP

更新日期：1998-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Randomized controlled trial. OBJECTIVE:To assess whether monitoring increases brace-wearing compliance in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Noncompliance is a barrier to brace treatment of AIS. Studies have demonstrated that monitoring improves medication com...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Miller DJ,Franzone JM,Matsumoto H,Gomez JA,Avendaño J,Hyman JE,Roye DP Jr,Vitale MG

更新日期：2012-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective and consecutive study of surgical results obtained during serial follow-up investigations in patients who underwent surgery for central lumbar spinal stenosis. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the result after surgical decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis, at regular intervals after surgery, and t...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Jönsson B,Annertz M,Sjöberg C,Strömqvist B

更新日期：1997-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A dynamic servocontrolled torsion machine has been used to characterize cervical injury due to pure rotation of the head. Resultant force moment, torque, and applied rotation have been measured. Torque applied to the base of the skull resulted in injury to the atlantoaxial joint. No evidence of lower cervical injury w...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Myers BS,McElhaney JH,Doherty BJ,Paver JG,Gray L

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report of traumatic atlantooccipital dislocation (AOD) managed by intraarticular-posterior fusion from a posterior approach at the C0-C1 level with preservation of C1-C2 motion. OBJECTIVE:To present a new technique for atlantooccipital fusion with long-term follow-up. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Th...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Jeszenszky D,Fekete TF,Lattig F,Bognár L

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A meta-analysis of surgical outcomes of cauda equina syndrome secondary to lumbar disc herniation. OBJECTIVES:To determine the relationship between time to decompression after onset of cauda equina syndrome and clinical outcome, and to identify preoperative variables that were associated with outcomes. S...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ahn UM,Ahn NU,Buchowski JM,Garrett ES,Sieber AN,Kostuik JP

更新日期：2000-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Experimental investigation of the dynamics of nerve root circulation. OBJECTIVES:To study the dynamics of lumbosacral nerve root circulation by using seriography in dogs. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The vascular distribution to the nerve root has been discussed mainly from the morphologic aspects, and no ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kobayashi S,Yoshizawa H,Nakai S

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 625 patients who sustained acute cervical spine fractures were evaluated by the Spinal Cord Injury Service at Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, between January 1976 and January 1984. Of them, 107 had fractures of the second cervical vertebra. In a retrospective review, motor vehicle accidents...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hadley MN,Sonntag VK,Grahm TW,Masferrer R,Browner C

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influences of age, sex, disc level, and degree of degenration on the mechanical behavior of 42 fresh cadaver lumbar motion segments are reported. The motions and intradiscal pressure changes that result from the application of flexion, extension, lateral bending, and torsional moments; compression; and anterior, p...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Nachemson AL,Schultz AB,Berkson MH

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Waddell et al in 1980 developed a standardized assessment of behavioral responses to examination. The signs were associated with other clinical measures of illness behavior and distress, and are not simply a feature of medicolegal presentations. Despite clear caveats about the interpretation of the signs, they have be...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Main CJ,Waddell G

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to describe a technique of temporary distal fixation to the ilium to salvage an acute L4 fracture following a T3-L4 kyphoscoliosis correction. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Pedicle fracture is a possible complication in pedicle screw fixation for scoliosis,...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kato S,Lewis SJ

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective cohort. OBJECTIVE:To identify gaps in opioid prescription immediately prior to spinal fusion and to study the effect of such simulated "opioid weaning/elimination" on risk of long-term postoperative opioid use. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Numerous studies have described preoperative opioid d...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Jain N,Phillips FM,Malik AT,Khan SN

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This study retrospectively compares the clinical and radiologic outcomes of unilateral transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) with those of transvertebral screw fixation of the lumbosacral spine in high-grade spondylolisthesis. OBJECTIVE:To examine the outcome and perioperative complications of uni...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Rodriguez-Olaverri JC,Zimick NC,Merola A,Vicente J,Rodriguez J,Tabuenca A,Loste A,Suñen E,Burgos J,Hevia E,Piza-Vallespir G

更新日期：2008-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:A 74-year-old man suffered an extensive right hemispheric infarct 72 hours after undergoing anterior corpectomies of the C4 and C5 vertebrae for cervical myelopathy resulting from ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament. RESULTS:Angiography revealed proximal right internal caroti...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Chozick BS,Watson P,Greenblatt SH

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report and clinical discussion. OBJECTIVE:To describe a rare case of metastatic pulmonary intimal sarcoma presenting as cauda equine syndrome. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Pulmonary artery sarcoma is a rare tumor, frequently misdiagnosed as pulmonary embolism, and although it is highly aggressive, met...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Rashid A,Molloy S,Lehovsky J,Tirabosco R,Hughes R,Butt S

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-staged anterior and posterior spine fusion with instrumentation was evaluated in 17 cerebral palsy patients, ages 11 to 30 years. Functional benefits included improved sitting balance and, in ambulators, no loss of independence. Curve correction averaged 60%. The pseudarthrosis rate of 18% was lower than previousl...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Brown JC,Swank S,Specht L

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This study was used to evaluate the relationship between magnetic resonance imaging findings and clinical findings after whiplash injury. OBJECTIVES:To identify initial soft-tissue damage after whiplash injury, the development of disc pathology, and the relationship of disc pathology to clinical findings....

journal_title：Spine

authors： Pettersson K,Hildingsson C,Toolanen G,Fagerlund M,Björnebrink J

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A matched cohort analysis of long adult deformity fusions according to distal fusion level (L5 vs. S1). OBJECTIVE.: To compare the results of long adult deformity fusions to either L5 or the sacrum in the presence of a "healthy" 5-1 disc using a matched cohort analysis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:For adul...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Edwards CC 2nd,Bridwell KH,Patel A,Rinella AS,Berra A,Lenke LG

更新日期：2004-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Patients in the scoliosis screening database were analyzed with respect to curve convexity, severity, and outcome, using standard statistical methods. OBJECTIVES:This study assessed whether left thoracic scoliosis is always pathologic and inquired why this is the case. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Left tho...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Goldberg CJ,Dowling FE,Fogarty EE

更新日期：1994-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen variations of posterior instrumentation were tested experimentally, using models based on polyester imitation vertebrae, to determine the most effective method for stabilization of a section of the spine following fracture and, in particular, pathologic fracture. The most rigid construction was a well-fitting...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Fidler MW

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report. OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate 2 cases of delayed distant spinal metastasis from a thymoma with comprehensive immunohisto-chemical analysis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Thymoma is a rare slow-growing cancer arising in the mediastinum. Thymomas usually grow invasively into surrounding structures. ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hong B,Nakamura M,Hartmann C,Brandis A,Ganser A,Krauss JK

更新日期：2013-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Systematic review, ambispective analysis of observational data. OBJECTIVE:To make recommendations as to whether or not urgent surgical decompression is ever indicated as the optimal treatment for enhancing neurologic recovery in a patient with acute central cord injury without fracture or instability. SU...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lenehan B,Fisher CG,Vaccaro A,Fehlings M,Aarabi B,Dvorak MF

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00