Rapid progression of destructive spondyloarthropathy.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review of 750 consecutive multilevel cervical spine decompression surgeries performed by a single spine surgeon. OBJECTIVE:To determine the incidence of C5 palsy in a large consecutive series of multilevel cervical spine decompression procedures. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Palsy of the C5 n...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Nassr A,Eck JC,Ponnappan RK,Zanoun RR,Donaldson WF 3rd,Kang JD

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An in vivo study was designed to compare the efficacy of biomimetic magnesium-hydroxyapatite (MgHA) and of human demineralized bone matrix (HDBM), both dispersed in a mixture of biomimetic MgHA nanoparticles, with that of an autologous bone graft. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to evaluate 2 ne...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bròdano GB,Giavaresi G,Lolli F,Salamanna F,Parrilli A,Martini L,Griffoni C,Greggi T,Arcangeli E,Pressato D,Boriani S,Fini M

更新日期：2014-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report. OBJECTIVE:To provide additional information on possible relations between uterine and spinal manifestations of leiomyosarcoma. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Spinal metastases and primary spinal manifestation of leiomyosarcoma and other malignant smooth muscle tumors are rarely observed. METHOD...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Nanassis K,Alexiadou-Rudolf C,Tsitsopoulos P

更新日期：1999-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Systematic review. OBJECTIVE:To quantify variability in undesirable outcomes among studies of lumbar interbody fusion using stand-alone cage devices, and to determine whether author conflicts of interest contribute to variability. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Promising early studies of lumbar fusion with s...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Fenton JJ,Mirza SK,Lahad A,Stern BD,Deyo RA

更新日期：2007-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The Perdriolle torsionmeter assesses vertebral rotation on a spinal radiograph. It is frequently used to measure improvement in spinal derotation following Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation for scoliosis. In this study, intraobserver and interobserver measurement error was examined during use of the torsionmeter. Intra...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Richards BS

更新日期：1992-05-01 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：:Thirty-one consecutive patients underwent anterior interbody fusion of 40 levels of the lumbar spine using autogenous, autologous, or mixed iliac crest graft. Each patient's disc space height was measured preoperatively, immediately postoperatively, and an average of 29 months postoperatively. The immediate postoperat...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Dennis S,Watkins R,Landaker S,Dillin W,Springer D

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study performed a thorough review of the pertinent thoracic spine anatomy to determine the appropriate landmarks for extrapedicular screw placement and indentified the anatomic structures at risk; assessed the safety and accuracy of the newly proposed screw insertion technique; determined the stability and streng...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Dvorak M,MacDonald S,Gurr KR,Bailey SI,Haddad RG

更新日期：1993-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective measurement of rhBMP-2 from drains in a cohort of patients undergoing posterolateral spinal fusion. OBJECTIVE:To quantify the amount of rhBMP-2 that extravasates into drains after posterolateral fusion using its current commercially available form, rhBMP-2 within an absorbable collagen sponge....

journal_title：Spine

authors： Mok JM,Durrani SK,Piper SL,Hu SS,Deviren V,Berven SH,Burch S

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:In a single blinded procedure, quantified cervical clinical tests were performed on machine operators with and without subjective reports of neck pain. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate whether subjective reports of neck pain are associated with limited and painful cervical spine mobility. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DAT...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hagen KB,Harms-Ringdahl K,Enger NO,Hedenstad R,Morten H

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The strength of posterior cervical lateral mass fixation was evaluated in a cadaver model for two techniques of screw insertion. OBJECTIVE:To compare the flexion failure strengths of posterior cervical plate fixation for two techniques of screw placement at the superior and inferior screw hole positions, ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Choueka J,Spivak JM,Kummer FJ,Steger T

更新日期：1996-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Basic scientific investigation using radiologic, histochemical, and microscopic dissection techniques. OBJECTIVE:To document the process of mechanically induced disc herniation from repetitive loading exposure. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Current knowledge of the mechanism of disc herniation is limited to...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Tampier C,Drake JD,Callaghan JP,McGill SM

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giovanni Alfonso Borelli is often described as the father of biomechanics. He was born in Naples in 1608. His De Motu Animalium, published in 1680, extended to biology the rigorous analytical methods developed by Galileo in the field of mechanics. Borelli calculated the forces required for equilibrium in various joint...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Pope MH

更新日期：2005-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique using a vascularized rib pedicle graft and femoral neck allograft is presented as a new method of anterior spine fusion in the treatment of symptomatic post-traumatic kyphosis. The cases of six patients are reviewed who were treated surgically from seven months to 24 years following their initial injury. S...

journal_title：Spine

authors： McBride GG,Bradford DS

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review of magnetic resonance imaging and discography in patients investigated for low back pain before spinal fusion. OBJECTIVE:To determine the sensitivity of magnetic resonance imaging in the detection of painful anular tears manifested by the high-intensity zone. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DA...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Saifuddin A,Braithwaite I,White J,Taylor BA,Renton P

更新日期：1998-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review. OBJECTIVE:To define the geographic variation in costs of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) and posterolateral fusion (PLF). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:ACDF and lumbar PLF are common procedures that are used in the treatment of spinal pathologies. To optimize value, both...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Goz V,Rane A,Abtahi AM,Lawrence BD,Brodke DS,Spiker WR

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This retrospective study involves 26 patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy who were surgically treated by anterior corpectomy, titanium mesh cage (TMC) filled with autogenous bone, and anterior plate +/- posterolateral plate and fusion. OBJECTIVES:This study was conducted to determine the indicat...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Sevki K,Mehmet T,Ufuk T,Azmi H,Mercan S,Erkal B

更新日期：2004-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chylothorax as a complication of anterior thoracic spine fusion is described in the case of a male with congenital kyphosis. Treatment with protracted chest tube drainage was required, along with dietary modification in which fat ingestion was restricted. This complication is reported to occur in 0.2% of intrathoracic...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Colletta AJ,Mayer PJ

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The effect of intense local hypothermia was evaluated in a precision model of spinal canal narrowing and spinal cord injury in rats. The spinal cord injury was cooled with a custom cooling well used over the epidural surface. Basso, Beattie, and Bresnahan (BBB) motor scores and transcranial magnetic motor-...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Dimar JR 2nd,Shields CB,Zhang YP,Burke DA,Raque GH,Glassman SD

更新日期：2000-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective analysis of graft and plate complications after multilevel anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion (ACF) attributed to spondylosis, stenosis, and ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament was conducted. OBJECTIVE:To identify factors contributing to graft and plate complications in th...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Sasso RC,Ruggiero RA Jr,Reilly TM,Hall PV

更新日期：2003-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:MINI: Circulating microRNAs provide an insight into current disease states. Comparing patients with degenerative disc disease to healthy controls, patients with disc disease were found to have significantly downregulated levels of miR-155-5p. This marker was found to be an accurate diagnostic predictor for the presenc...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Divi SN,Markova DZ,Fang T,Guzek R,Kurd MF,Rihn JA,Hilibrand AS,Anderson DG,Vaccaro AR,Schroeder GD,Kepler CK

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A randomized complete block animal spinal implant infection model with internal control. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to develop a spinal implant animal infection model to simulate postoperative gram-negative wound infection. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Implant-associated surgical site infections (...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Laratta JL,Shillingford JN,Hardy N,Lehman RA,Lenke LG,Riew KD

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Animal in vivo study. OBJECTIVE:To test the capability of high-density collagen gel to repair annular defects. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Annular defects are associated with spontaneous disc herniations and disc degeneration, which can lead to significant morbidity. Persistent annular defects after surgi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Grunert P,Borde BH,Hudson KD,Macielak MR,Bonassar LJ,Härtl R

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:During vertebroplasty (VP), polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) may leak into the posterior epidural venus plexus, provoking symptoms ranging from radicular pain to medullar compression. OBJECTIVES:To propose and test the feasibility of a procedure (cooling system) to prevent radicular irritation caused by fora...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kelekis AD,Martin JB,Somon T,Wetzel SG,Dietrich PY,Ruefenacht DA

更新日期：2003-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cervical pedicle morphology was investigated using manual and computed tomography measurements. OBJECTIVES:Normal anatomic variations of the cervical pedicles were measured to evaluate their safety as anchors for posterior cervical fixation systems. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There have been no cervical ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Karaikovic EE,Daubs MD,Madsen RW,Gaines RW Jr

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional study to evaluate the thoracic and lumbar spine in patients with diastrophic dysplasia (DD). OBJECTIVES:To find the causative factors behind the spinal deformities and restricted mobility of the spine. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Typical findings in this skeletal dysplasia are short-limbed...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Remes V,Tervahartiala P,Poussa M,Peltonen J

更新日期：2001-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective review of the treatment of chronic back and extremity pain is presented. Laminectomy is most effective for pain secondary to direct compression of the neural elements. Treatment of pseudoradicular pain requires identification of the source of pain input. Facet rhizotomy is specific for pain arising fro...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Oudenhoven RC

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This anatomic study tested placement of C2 pedicle screws using cadaver specimens. OBJECTIVES:To further assess the safety of transpedicular screw placement in the axis by comparing two surgical techniques. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Transpedicular screw fixation of traumatic spondylolisthesis of the axi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ebraheim N,Rollins JR Jr,Xu R,Jackson WT

更新日期：1996-03-15 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：:Fixation to the sacrum and pelvis is a problem in the operative treatment of spinal deformity. Previous testing of pedicle screws address axial pull-out strength, yet how screws are loaded in vivo remains unknown. The goals of this study were to determine the loads experienced by sacral screws when loaded as part of C...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Pashman RS,Hu SS,Schendel MJ,Bradford DS

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00