Cost-effectiveness analysis of extended conservative therapy versus surgical intervention in the management of herniated lumbar intervertebral disc.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective radiographical review. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the outcome of selective thoracic fusion (STF) by using the Guan-Din method for the treatment of major thoracic compensatory lumbar (MTCL) curves. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Performing STF for MTCL curves is to minimize the loss of lumbar motion ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Chang KW,Chen YY,Leng X,Wu CM,Chen TC,Wang YF,Zhang GZ

更新日期：2014-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A report of a case of lumbar spine duplication with the clinical appearance of adolescent scoliosis. OBJECTIVE:To increase knowledge about the pathogenesis and treatment of lumbar spinal duplication. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Although there have been other reports of lumbar spine duplication of this mag...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Goldberg BA,Erwin WD,Heggeness MH

更新日期：1998-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective study of a cohort of patients who underwent L5-S1 laparoscopic anterior lumbar interbody fusion. OBJECTIVES:To assess the fusion rate and the clinical outcome more than 2 years after L5-S1 laparoscopic anterior lumbar interbody fusion using twin stand-alone carbon-fiber cages. SUMMARY OF BACK...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Pellisé F,Puig O,Rivas A,Bagó J,Villanueva C

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen upper cervical spine specimens were dissected to examine the macroscopic and functional anatomy of alar ligaments. They are on both sides, symmetrically placed, approximately 10-13 mm long and elliptical in cross-section 3 X 6 mm in diameter. The fiber orientation is dependent on the height of dens axis, most...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Dvorak J,Panjabi MM

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This is a case report. OBJECTIVE:The purpose was to report a patient whose migrated L4-S1 femur graft led to perforation of the cecum. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Autograft bone use during spinal surgery is quite commonplace nowadays. With time due to infection, technical mishaps, or disease recurrence, t...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cakmak A,Gyedu A,Kepenekçi I,Ozcan C,Unal AE

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Both forelimbs of rats were amputated, and these rats were kept in the custom-made cages that kept the rats in prolonged upright posture. Pathologic changes were observed in the lumbar spine at different time points after the surgery. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of upright posture on intervertebra...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Liang QQ,Zhou Q,Zhang M,Hou W,Cui XJ,Li CG,Li TF,Shi Q,Wang YJ

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective study of 27 patients who underwent anterior decompression and fusion (ADF) for treatment of cervical myelopathy due to ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL). OBJECTIVES:To compare surgical outcome of ADF with that of laminoplasty. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:During the p...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Iwasaki M,Okuda S,Miyauchi A,Sakaura H,Mukai Y,Yonenobu K,Yoshikawa H

更新日期：2007-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE:The aims of this study were to (1) compare patient and procedure-specific characteristics among those who had short versus long hospital stays and (2) identify independent risk factors that may correlate with extended length of hospital stay (LOS) in patients with ado...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Sultan AA,Berger RJ,Cantrell WA,Samuel LT,Ramanathan D,Churchill J,Minkara AA,Golubovsky J,Bachour S,Pasadyn S,Karnuta JM,Tamer P,Kuivila TE,Gurd DP,Goodwin RC

更新日期：2019-05-15 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:An in vitro immature bovine study of thoracic spine fixation using shape memory alloy for minimally invasive adolescent scoliosis treatment. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to detect differences in thoracic spine range of motion due to the placement of spinal staples manufactured from a common sha...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Puttlitz CM,Masaru F,Barkley A,Diab M,Acaroglu E

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the detailed arrangements of vascular terminations in the region of the vertebral end-plate in adult dogs, infusions of Japanese ink mixed with a suspension of barium sulfate were used to produce filling of the vascular terminations at the vertebral end-plates. Radiographs were made of the decalcifie...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Crock HV,Goldwasser M

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Eighteen patients with lumbar instability from fractures, postlaminectomy syndrome, or infection were treated prospectively with minimally invasive retroperitoneal lumbar fusions. OBJECTIVES:To determine if interbody Bagby and Kuslich fusion cages and femoral allograft bone dowels can be inserted in a tra...

journal_title：Spine

authors： McAfee PC,Regan JJ,Geis WP,Fedder IL

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Loads acting in vivo on a vertebral body replacement (VBR) and the shape of the back were measured. OBJECTIVE:To find an explanation for the contradictory results in literature regarding spinal loads for sitting and standing. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:In several in vivo studies, the intradiscal pressure...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Dreischarf M,Bergmann G,Wilke HJ,Rohlmann A

更新日期：2010-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Determination of clinical results at least 2 years after lumbar spine surgery during which spinal stiffness measurements were made. OBJECTIVES:To determine whether spine stiffness is predictive of clinical results after lumbar spine surgery for spinal stenosis, disc herniation, or degenerative spondylolis...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Brown MD,Wehman KF,Heiner AD

更新日期：2002-05-01 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：: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:Cross-sectional autopsy study. OBJECTIVE:Quantify histological changes in the lower cervical spine facet joints with regard to age and sex using systematic random sampling of entire joints. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Neck pain is a common debilitating musculoskeletal condition and one of the highest rank...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Uhrenholt L,Charles AV,Gregersen M,Hartvigsen J,Hauge EM

更新日期：2018-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Single-center retrospective case series. OBJECTIVE:To compare outcomes of instrumented fusion and two methods of decompression for degenerative spondylolisthesis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There is no consensus on the surgical indications or optimum techniques for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis. ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Inui T,Murakami M,Nagao N,Miyazaki K,Matsuda K,Tominaga Y,Kitano M,Hasegawa H,Tominaga S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective, within-patient comparison of two methods for functional radiography of lumbar spine with consecutive patients. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the usefulness of traction-compression radiography compared with conventional flexion-extension radiography in diagnosis of lumbar spinal instability. SUMMAR...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Pitkänen M,Manninen HI,Lindgrer KA,Turunen M,Airaksinen O

更新日期：1997-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:: Literature review. OBJECTIVE:: The purpose of this paper is to review clinical treatment strategies and future developments in the treatment of acute spinal cord injury. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:: The treatment of acute spinal cord injury continues to be supportive. The search for specialized pharmac...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hurlbert RJ

更新日期：2006-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report of late postoperative complication. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There have been a number of reports of migration and extrusion of cervical fusion instrumentation. The majority of such cases have a benign outcome. To our knowledge, cervical instrumentation extrusion resulting in prevertebral abs...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wong DT,Fehlings MG,Massicotte EM

更新日期：2005-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An immunohistochemical examination of the presence of inflammatory cells in routinely processed resection specimens of the lumbar disc, and a comparison of the histologic results with clinical data collected prospectively before and after surgery. OBJECTIVES:To assess the influence of inflammatory reactio...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Woertgen C,Rothoerl RD,Brawanski A

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons that have dichotomizing axons to the lumbar facet joint and to the sciatic nerve were investigated in rats using a double fluorescent labeling technique. OBJECTIVES:To clarify the existence of DRG neurons with dichotomizing axons projecting to the lumbar facet joint and ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Sameda H,Takahashi Y,Takahashi K,Chiba T,Ohtori S,Moriya H

更新日期：2001-05-15 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：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study of 13,927 patients, 820 of whom received iliac crest bone graft (ICBG). OBJECTIVE:To compare adverse events, length of stay (LOS), and readmission for patients receiving ICBG with those who did not using multivariate analysis to control for potentially confounding factors. SUMM...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Gruskay JA,Basques BA,Bohl DD,Webb ML,Grauer JN

更新日期：2014-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Repeated cross-sectional analysis using national Medicare data from the Dartmouth Atlas Project. OBJECTIVE:To describe recent trends and geographic variation in population-based rates of lumbar fusion spine surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Lumbar fusion rates have increased dramatically during the 198...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Weinstein JN,Lurie JD,Olson PR,Bronner KK,Fisher ES

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report of 3 patients with posterior migration of bullet-shaped fusion cages after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF). One patient required emergency revision surgery; the other 2 patients are being observed during conservative treatment. OBJECTIVE:To review cases of posterior migration o...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Aoki Y,Yamagata M,Nakajima F,Ikeda Y,Takahashi K

更新日期：2009-01-01 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:Pragmatic randomized clinical trial. OBJECTIVE:This study investigated differences in the clinical outcomes of public physiotherapy (public PT) versus private physiotherapy (private PT) for general practitioner-referred patients with acute and chronic low back pain (LBP). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Healt...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Casserley-Feeney SN,Daly L,Hurley DA

更新日期：2012-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The evaluation of the clinical utility of the clinical diagnostic tests and procedures, what works in spinal disorders, and for whom and how treatment affects a patient's symptoms and function are key questions of outcomes research. This paper describes the advantages and limitations of the main study approaches used....

journal_title：Spine

authors： Liang MH,Andersson G,Bombardier C,Cherkin DC,Deyo RA,Keller RB,Lee CK,Lipscomb B,Shekelle P,Spratt KF

更新日期：1994-09-15 00:00:00