Bilateral pedicle stress fractures in a female athlete: case report and review of the literature.

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess the natural history of sciatica due to lumbosacral nerve root compromise and to evaluate the pathomorphologic changes that accompany the natural resolution of the disease. One hundred sixty-five consecutive patients, 114 males and 51 females, with an average age of 41 years (ran...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bush K,Cowan N,Katz DE,Gishen P

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:We performed a retrospective review of 126 cases of infectious spondylodiscitis over a 4-year period. OBJECTIVE:Differentiation between pyogenic spondylodiscitis (PS) and tuberculous spondylodiscitis (TS) is essential for deciding on the appropriate therapeutic regimen. The aim of this study was to compar...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kim CJ,Song KH,Jeon JH,Park WB,Park SW,Kim HB,Oh MD,Choe KW,Kim NJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review of prospectively collected data. OBJECTIVE:To determine the incidence and risk factors for the development of a urinary tract infection (UTI) after a posterior lumbar fusion procedure. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:UTI after surgery is common and has important clinical consequences for ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bohl DD,Ahn J,Tabaraee E,Ahn J,Jain A,Grauer JN,Singh K

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Multicenter retrospective study. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to identify specific risk factors for increased length of stay (LOS) in the management of acute surgical site infection (SSI) following spinal surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Postoperative SSI is a serious complication of spinal sur...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yamamoto Y,Shigematsu H,Iwata E,Nakajima H,Tanaka M,Okuda A,Kawasaki S,Suga Y,Masuda K,Tanaka Y

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review of a prospectively collected, multicentered database from the Scoliosis Research Society. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate incidences of complications in a series of spinal fusions for Scheuermann kyphosis (SK) and to assess whether the incidence of complications is associated with patient age ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Coe JD,Smith JS,Berven S,Arlet V,Donaldson W,Hanson D,Mudiyam R,Perra J,Owen J,Marks MC,Shaffrey CI

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Bibliometric analysis. OBJECTIVE:To identify, and summarize the key findings of, the top 100 most highly cited works published in spinal disorder topic-specific journals. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There is an abundance of published articles pertaining to spine surgery and spinal disorders. The number of...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Badhiwala JH,Nassiri F,Witiw CD,Mansouri A,Alotaibi N,Eagles M,Almenawer SA,da Costa L,Wilson JR,Fehlings MG

更新日期：2018-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Timing of activation of the hamstrings and erector spinae was assessed using surface electromyography. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the influence of posture and movement speed during trunk flexion-extension on the flexion-relaxation response and trunk muscle activation patterns. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:T...

journal_title：Spine

authors： McGorry RW,Hsiang SM,Fathallah FA,Clancy EA

更新日期：2001-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review of anterior and posterior fusions for treatment of adolescent idiopathic thoracic scoliosis. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate both the instrumented thoracic and the spontaneous lumbar curve corrections after treatment of the primary thoracic scoliosis by either anterior or posterior fusion. SU...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lenke LG,Betz RR,Bridwell KH,Harms J,Clements DH,Lowe TG

更新日期：1999-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cadaveric in vitro computed tomography (CT) imaging study. OBJECTIVE:To examine minimum pedicle diameter from transverse and coronal CT reconstructions of thoracolumbar spine specimens and compare their degree of disparity, if any. Pedicle angulation in coronal and transverse planes was measured and their...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Simpson V,Clair B,Ordway NR,Albanese SA,Lavelle WF

更新日期：2016-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective analysis. OBJECTIVE:To compare outcomes and complication rates between patients with and without Parkinson's disease (PD) patients undergoing surgery for adult spinal deformity (ASD). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There is limited literature evaluating the impact of PD on long-term outcomes af...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Shah NV,Beyer GA,Solow M,Liu S,Tarabichi S,Stroud SG,Hollern DA,Bloom LR,Liabaud B,Agarwal S,Passias PG,Paulino CB,Diebo BG

更新日期：2019-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of nationwide Veterans Health Administration clinical and administrative data. OBJECTIVE:Examine the association between HIV infection and the rate of spine surgery for degenerative spine disease. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Combination antiretroviral therapy has prolonged survival ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： King JT Jr,Gordon AJ,Perkal MF,Crystal S,Rosenthal RA,Rodriguez-Barradas MC,Butt AA,Gibert CL,Rimland D,Simberkoff MS,Justice AC

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A randomized, prospective and controlled animal study. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate lumbar spinal fusion using recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein 2 in a canine model. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Spinal fusion using autogenous bone grafting is associated with donor site morbidity and a nonunion rate of ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： David SM,Gruber HE,Meyer RA Jr,Murakami T,Tabor OB,Howard BA,Wozney JM,Hanley EN Jr

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective single-center cohort study to record additional time requirements and radiation dose in navigation-assisted O-arm-controlled pedicle screw (PS) instrumentations. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate amount of extra-time and radiation dose for navigation-assisted PS instrumentations ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Balling H

更新日期：2018-05-01 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：:A retrospective study was done to determine the entire clinical spectrum of lumbar spine disease in 47 adult patients, averaging 27.6 years of age, with achondroplasia. Five distinct clinical categories were defined. Twenty-eight percent of the patients were asymptomatic; 28% had only mechanical or degenerative lumbar...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kahanovitz N,Rimoin DL,Sillence DO

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective. OBJECTIVE:To study the incidence of intraoperative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak in patients with ossified posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) undergoing central cervical corpectomy (CC) and to describe a reliable technique for treating the leak after CC. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Joseph V,Kumar GS,Rajshekhar V

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Computerized tomography (CT) of the lumbar spine cadaveric specimens was used to evaluate the effect of increasing the height of the disc space in the lumbar spine to the facet joint articulation in the sagittal plane. OBJECTIVE:To show how the facet joint articulation is affected by increasing the height...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Liu J,Ebraheim NA,Haman SP,Shafiq Q,Karkare N,Biyani A,Goel VK,Woldenberg L

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study has been made of the mechanism of action of intradiscal injections of preparations of chymopapain in the treatment of sciatica. Such preparations were found to contain at least four distinct proteins, but enzymatically active chymopapain was the component mainly responsible for releasing glycosaminoglycan from...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Buttle DJ,Abrahamson M,Barrett AJ

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Longitudinal repeated-measures; within-subject control. OBJECTIVE:We examined the extent to which an isometric plantar flexion training protocol attenuates bone loss longitudinally after SCI. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:After spinal cord injury (SCI), bone mineral density (BMD) of paralyzed extremities ra...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Shields RK,Dudley-Javoroski S,Law LA

更新日期：2006-03-01 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：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective clinical study. OBJECTIVE:To assess the accuracy of multilevel registration for skip pedicle screw placement during image-guided, computer-assisted spine surgery, in the setting of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Computerized frameless stereotactic image-gu...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Takahashi J,Hirabayashi H,Hashidate H,Ogihara N,Kato H

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cylindrical cages and pedicle screw fixation (PSF) have been used for the setting of a lumbar interbody fusion. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of PSF-nut loosening on lumbar interbody fusion based on the elasto-plateau plasticity of bone characteristics. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The stress-strain...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kim Y,Kim TW

更新日期：2010-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An in vitro study using ovine intervertebral discs to correlate the effects of increasing advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) with disc hydration evaluated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). OBJECTIVE:To determine the relationship between the level of AGEs and tissue water content in intervertebral d...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Jazini E,Sharan AD,Morse LJ,Dyke JP,Aronowitz EB,Chen LK,Tang SY

更新日期：2012-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis is an unusual condition appearing in the prepubertal child who is otherwise normal. Characteristically, the condition is of variable severity and of limited duration and always affect the spine. One of the major complications of idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis has been residual kyphos...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Jones ET,Hensinger RN

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cerebral activation by lumbar mechanical stimulus was investigated by functional magnetic resonance imaging in healthy subjects and patients with chronic low back pain (LBP). OBJECTIVES:To characterize the cerebral substrates of LBP, and to explore a possible pathologic pattern of cerebral activation in c...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kobayashi Y,Kurata J,Sekiguchi M,Kokubun M,Akaishizawa T,Chiba Y,Konno S,Kikuchi S

更新日期：2009-10-15 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:Basic animal research. OBJECTIVE:The effects of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) were assessed in a rat chronic spinal cord compression model to explore the potential of G-CSF as a pharmacological treatment for cervical spondylotic myelopathy. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:G-CSF is a hematopoie...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yoshizumi T,Murata H,Yamamoto S,Kurokawa R,Kim P,Kawahara N

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective, follow-up cohort study. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the 25-year (or longer) outcome of discectomy for lumbar disc herniation by validated instruments. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:A comprehensive patient-oriented evaluation should include measurements of pain and disability along with a reliable...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Mariconda M,Galasso O,Secondulfo V,Rotonda GD,Milano C

更新日期：2006-10-15 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:A retrospective cohort analysis. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine if there is a difference in the revision rate in patients who undergo a multilevel posterior cervical fusions ending at C7, T1, or T2-T4. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Multilevel posterior cervical decompression and fusion is ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Schroeder GD,Kepler CK,Kurd MF,Mead L,Millhouse PW,Kumar P,Nicholson K,Stawicki C,Helber A,Fasciano D,Patel AA,Woods BI,Radcliff KE,Rihn JA,Anderson DG,Hilibrand AS,Vaccaro AR

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00