The role of laminectomy, facet rhizotomy, and epidural steroids.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report. OBJECTIVES:To present a rare case of a previously operated giant schwannoma located in the sacrum, and to make some considerations regarding diagnostic modalities and treatment options. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Large sacral schwannomas with anterior cortex erosion and associated intrapelvi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ortolan EG,Sola CA,Gruenberg MF,Carballo Vazquez F

更新日期：1996-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cost-effectiveness analysis with decision analysis and meta-analysis. OBJECTIVE:To determine the relative cost-effectiveness of anterior cervical discectomy with fusion (with autograft, allograft, or spacers), anterior cervical discectomy without fusion (ACD), and cervical disc replacement (CDR) for the t...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lewis DJ,Attiah MA,Malhotra NR,Burnett MG,Stein SC

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A consecutive series of female patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis treated between 1968 and 1977, either with distraction and fusion using Harrington rods (n = 145) or with a brace (n = 122), were followed for at least 20 years after completion of the treatment. OBJECTIVES:To determine the long-...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Danielsson AJ,Nachemson AL

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This is a case report. OBJECTIVE:To report a case of soft-tissue reaction to wear debris and osteolysis around a pedicle screw after posterior spine fusion in a pediatric patient. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Posterior spine fusion with instrumentation is a standard procedure for stabilization and curve co...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Botolin S,Merritt C,Erickson M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective analysis. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to describe the microbiology of surgical site infection (SSI) in spine surgery and relationship with surgical management characteristics. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:SSI is an important complication of spine surgery that results in signific...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Abdul-Jabbar A,Berven SH,Hu SS,Chou D,Mummaneni PV,Takemoto S,Ames C,Deviren V,Tay B,Weinstein P,Burch S,Liu C

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report. OBJECTIVE:To report a case of an acute intracranial subdural hematoma that formed due to cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak following lumbar surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Intracranial hypotension may occur when CSF is removed from the subarachnoid space. Intracranial subdural hematoma form...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Sciubba DM,Kretzer RM,Wang PP

更新日期：2005-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Basic fibroblast growth factor immunoreactivity was studied in disc herniation tissue. OBJECTIVES:The first objective was to analyze in which tissue components, if any, fibroblast growth factor is expressed in the disc herniation. The second objective was to compare such expression with that in fresh cada...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Tolonen J,Grönblad M,Virri J,Seitsalo S,Rytömaa T,Karaharju E

更新日期：1995-02-01 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：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE:The objective of our study was to evaluate the differential impact of insulin dependence on lumbar surgery outcomes, including surgical and medical complications, total length of hospital stay, nonhome bound discharge, and unplanned readmissions. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUN...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Qin C,Kim JYS,Hsu WK

更新日期：2016-06-01 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：:Twenty-two adolescent patients with severe (more than 50%) slip were surgically treated. Eleven were reduced with Magerl/Dick transpedicular screw devices and fused posteriorly from L4 to S1, and 2 weeks later anteriorly L5-S1; the other 11 were fused in situ L4-S1 (6 patients) or L5-S1 (5 patients) using a circumfere...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Poussa M,Schlenzka D,Seitsalo S,Ylikoski M,Hurri H,Osterman K

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data. OBJECTIVE:To report the follow-up curve behaviors in different Sanders staging groups. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Vertebral body tethering (VBT) is a growth modulation technique that allows gradual spontaneous follow-up curve correction as the patie...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Alanay A,Yucekul A,Abul K,Ergene G,Senay S,Ay B,Cebeci BO,Yalinay Dikmen P,Zulemyan T,Yavuz Y,Yilgor C

更新日期：2020-11-15 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：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective observational study. OBJECTIVE:To provide a more accurate estimate of the rate of acute spinous process fractures associated with IPS surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Biomechanical cadaveric studies have suggested adequate spinous process strength to support placement of interspinous proce...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kim DH,Tantorski M,Shaw J,Martha J,Li L,Shanti N,Rencu T,Parazin S,Kwon B

更新日期：2011-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective review of 34 patients with juvenile idiopathic scoliosis (JIS) treated with a nighttime bending brace. OBJECTIVE:To determine the effectiveness of part-time bracing in JIS. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Although previous bracing studies have focused on adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, no aut...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Jarvis J,Garbedian S,Swamy G

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To summarize the clinical manifestations and treatment of acquired hemophilia A in a patient with lumbar disc herniation. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Acquired hemophilia A is a rare but potentially life-threatening hemorrhagic disorder. It is caused by the development of autoantibodies directed against coagul...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Li J,Shen H,Hou T,Li M,He S,Zhang H

更新日期：2009-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-six consecutive patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis treated by posterior spinal fusion using Harrington distraction compression instrumentation were followed for a minimum of 3 years. Initial surgical correction was satisfactory, but during the follow-up period, mean 4.4 years (3-5 years), there was a ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Dowell JK,Powell JM,Webb PJ,Morley TR

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:To investigate the incidence of acute neurologic complications of use of sublaminar wires with third-generation spine instrumentation for the treatment of idiopathic scoliosis. OBJECTIVES:To assess the safety of sublaminar wires in the surgical treatment of idiopathic scoliosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DAT...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Girardi FP,Boachie-Adjei O,Rawlins BA

更新日期：2000-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective database analysis. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate outcomes of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patients after cervical spine surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Highly active antiretroviral medications have qualitatively altered the natural history of HIV, thus increasing the number of HI...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lovy AJ,Guzman JZ,Skovrlj B,Cho SK,Hecht AC,Qureshi SA

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A quasi 3-dimensional pathologic survey of tears in the L4-L5 disc. OBJECTIVE:To seek accurate information on the pathogenesis and outcomes of tears to facilitate correlation with radiologic imaging and biomechanical testing; and to improve laboratory models for testing hypotheses of disc function and fai...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Vernon-Roberts B,Moore RJ,Fraser RD

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A posterolateral technique to decompress retropulsed bone from the spinal canal has been employed in nine patients, confirmed with intraoperative canal inspection and pre- and postoperative computed axial tomographic (CAT) evaluation. This technique has allowed reduction of retropulsed bony elements from the spinal ca...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Garfin SR,Mowery CA,Guerra J Jr,Marshall LF

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective database review of a prospectively maintained neurosurgical database. OBJECTIVE:The surgical management of cervical spinal epidural abscesses (CSEA) is reviewed examining the shift from single to staged anteroposterior decompression and stabilization. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:CSEA managem...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ghobrial GM,Viereck MJ,Margiotta PJ,Beygi S,Maulucci CM,Heller JE,Vaccaro AR,Harrop JS

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Single institution, single surgeon retrospective review. OBJECTIVE:To investigate if the use of titanium mesh cage on the site of infection could be beneficial for successful outcome of the operative treatment for pyogenic spondylitis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There is a controversy concerning the opti...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Korovessis P,Repantis T,Iliopoulos P,Hadjipavlou A

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:In vivo measurements and model studies are combined to investigate the role of lumbar posture in static lifting tasks. OBJECTIVES:Identification of the role of changes in the lumbar posture on muscle forces, internal loads, and system stability in static lifting tasks with and without load in hands. SUMM...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Arjmand N,Shirazi-Adl A

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Literature review. OBJECTIVES:It was the purpose of the Spine Trauma Study Group to compile a collection of clinically useful imaging methods used in lower cervical spine trauma and to describe in detail how these measurements should be made. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Injury detection, description, and ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bono CM,Vaccaro AR,Fehlings M,Fisher C,Dvorak M,Ludwig S,Harrop J

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Analysis of Swedish national and regional register data. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to characterize healthcare resource utilization, productivity loss, and costs of patients with low back pain (LBP) with or without leg pain, who have been referred from primary care settings to orthopedic special...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Jonsson E,Olafsson G,Fritzell P,Hägg O,Borgström F

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective register-based study using Swedish registers and data prospectively collected in quality register Swespine. OBJECTIVE:Analyze the association of societal costs and spine surgery outcome in low back pain (LBP) patients based on patient reported outcome measures (PROMs). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hansson-Hedblom A,Jonsson E,Fritzell P,Hägg O,Borgström F

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The relation between the rib head and the thoracic disc was investigated anatomically. OBJECTIVES:To clarify the necessity of rib head resection in thoracoscopic discectomy using the anterior approach. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:When using the transthoracic anterior approach, the rib head must often be r...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Moro T,Kikuchi S,Konno S

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective cohort comparative study. OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of major complications, identify risk factors, and assess long-term clinical benefit after revision adult spinal deformity surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:No study has analyzed risk factors for major complications in long r...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cho SK,Bridwell KH,Lenke LG,Yi JS,Pahys JM,Zebala LP,Kang MM,Cho W,Baldus CR

更新日期：2012-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Asymptomatic volunteers underwent magnetic resonance imaging to investigate how different positions affect lumbar intervertebral discs. OBJECTIVE:To quantify sagittal migration of the lumbar nucleus pulposus in 6 functional positions. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Previous studies of the intervertebral disc...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Alexander LA,Hancock E,Agouris I,Smith FW,MacSween A

更新日期：2007-06-15 00:00:00