Primary solitary cervical amyloidosis: case report and review of the literature.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Observational. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the radiation dose imparted to patients during typical thoracolumbar spinal surgical scenarios. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Minimally invasive techniques continue to become more common in spine surgery. Computer-assisted navigation systems coupled with intraoperative c...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lange J,Karellas A,Street J,Eck JC,Lapinsky A,Connolly PJ,Dipaola CP

更新日期：2013-03-01 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:Systematic review. OBJECTIVE:To perform an evidence-based synthesis of the literature assessing the cost-effectiveness of surgery for patients with symptomatic cervical degenerative disc disease (DDD). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Cervical DDD is a common cause of clinical syndromes such as neck pain, cerv...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Alvin MD,Qureshi S,Klineberg E,Riew KD,Fischer DJ,Norvell DC,Mroz TE

更新日期：2014-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Rabbit knee articular chondrocytes overexpressing human growth factors were injected into cultured intervertebral disc explants. Survival of the injected cells and accumulation of extracellular matrix were assessed. OBJECTIVE:To define the utility of cell-based gene delivery approach for repair of the int...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Zhang Y,Phillips FM,Thonar EJ,Oegema T,An HS,Roman-Blas JA,He TC,Anderson DG

更新日期：2008-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective chart review of 1561 patients with spinal injury was conducted over a 4-year period. OBJECTIVES:To determine the rate of surgical site infection in the spinal trauma population, to compare infection rates after spinal operations for elective and traumatic indications, and to identify risk ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Blam OG,Vaccaro AR,Vanichkachorn JS,Albert TJ,Hilibrand AS,Minnich JM,Murphey SA

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:In this study, 10 patients with chronic irreducible atlantoaxial dislocation were treated by transoral anterior decompression and fusion. OBJECTIVES:To examine the benefits of the transoral approach, the patients treated with this procedure were compared with the historical control subjects after 2 years ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Subin B,Liu JF,Marshall GJ,Huang HY,Ou JH,Xu GZ

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective analysis of resource utilization (RU) after lumbar surgery. OBJECTIVE:To determine contributions of patient psychosocial variables to RU, specifically length of stay (LOS) and discharge destination. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Associations between demographic/clinical variables and RU are well...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Mancuso CA,Duculan R,Craig CM,Girardi FP

更新日期：2018-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Longitudinal analysis of prospectively collected data. OBJECTIVE:Investigate potential predictors of poor outcome following surgery for degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:LSS is the most common reason for an older person to undergo spinal surgery, yet little information...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hébert JJ,Abraham E,Wedderkopp N,Bigney E,Richardson E,Darling M,Hall H,Fisher CG,Rampersaud YR,Thomas KC,Jacobs WB,Johnson M,Paquet J,Attabib N,Jarzem P,Wai EK,Rasoulinejad P,Ahn H,Nataraj A,Stratton A,Manson N

更新日期：2020-11-01 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：STUDY DESIGN:Bone mineral density of individuals with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament and that of normal people was determined by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry. OBJECTIVES:To determine whether bone mineral density in the people with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament is higher t...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Mamada T,Nakamura K,Hoshino Y,Saita K,Kurokawa T

更新日期：1997-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A pre- and postintervention randomized, controlled trial was conducted. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of progressive resistance exercise training using a variable-angle Roman chair on the development of lumbar extensor endurance and strength. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Progressive resistance exercise ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Verna JL,Mayer JM,Mooney V,Pierra EA,Robertson VL,Graves JE

更新日期：2002-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Ninety-six male adult CD-1 mice were randomly divided into sham, spinal cord injury (SCI) + vehicle, and SCI + IPA-3 groups. Expression of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and MMP-9, production of tumor necrosis factors (TNF)-α and interleukin (IL)-1β, tissue edema, blood-spinal cord barrier penetrability,...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ji X,Zhang Y,Zhang L,Chen H,Peng Y,Tang P

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective multicenter cohort study. OBJECTIVE:To establish the relationship between preoperative quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) parameters and clinical presentation and postoperative outcomes in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Correlation of ma...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Karpova A,Arun R,Kalsi-Ryan S,Massicotte EM,Kopjar B,Fehlings MG

更新日期：2014-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report and literature review. OBJECTIVES:Clinicians use methylmethacrylate vertebroplasty to treat vertebral hemangiomas, metastases, and osteoporotic fractures. Cement may leak out of the vertebral body and compress the adjacent spinal cord and nerve roots. We review a case of nerve-root and cord co...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ratliff J,Nguyen T,Heiss J

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Test reactivity is the based on the idea that experience with a test may affect performance on subsequent tests, independent of what the test purports to measure. The reactivity of a test of lift capacity was studied in a single-blind randomized clinical trial was studied in a single-blind randomized clini...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Matheson LN,Mooney V,Holmes D,Leggett S,Grant JE,Negri S,Holmes B

更新日期：1995-10-01 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:Surgeon- and patient-based (SF-36) outcome measures were used to assess the results of decompressive laminectomies for the excision of synovial cysts with coexistent lumbar spinal stenosis (45 patients) or for synovial cysts with coexistent lumbar stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis (35 patients). ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Epstein NE

更新日期：2004-05-01 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:This is a case report of a posterior extrusion of the polyethylene core from a CHARITÉ arthroplasty. This is the first reported case of posterior dislocation of the polyethylene and the revision strategies used to correct this problem. OBJECTIVE:To report a novel failure mechanism and revision strategy fo...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Eskander MS,Onyedika II,Eskander JP,Connolly PJ,Eck JC,Lapinsky A

更新日期：2010-11-15 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：STUDY DESIGN:Case report. OBJECTIVE:We report the unusual case of a patient who was referred to our institution after she sustained an intraoperative injury to the common iliac vein during posterior lumbar discectomy at L5-S1 with a pituitary rongeur. There was only minimal bleeding with spontaneous hemostasis and no ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bydon A,Xu R,Conte JV,Gokaslan ZL,Brinker JA,Witham TF,Yassari R

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：:Mobility of hips and lumbar spine were measured in 301 men and 175 women who were in employment but suffered from chronic or recurrent low-back pain. The degree of low-back pain (LBP) was assessed with a questionnaire. Hip flexion, extension, internal rotation, and hamstring flexibility in the men, and hip flexion and...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Mellin G

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Clinical findings of spinal stenosis were compared to graded radiologic findings of dural sac narrowing. OBJECTIVES:To examine the changes of the dural sac area of the lumbar spine on computerized tomography (CT) performed without and with axial loading, and study the correlations between the radiologic f...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lohman CM,Tallroth K,Kettunen JA,Lindgren KA

更新日期：2006-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To enhance the awareness of physicians treating whiplash patients, findings from previous research regarding cognitive functioning of these patients are discussed and recommendations for assessment provided. Cognitive disturbances (i.e., deficient attentional functioning and impairment of memory) are frequent complain...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Radanov BP,Dvorak J

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Mechanical and microcomputed tomography (micro-CT) study of cadaver spines. OBJECTIVE:To compare porosity and thickness of vertebral endplates with (1) compressive stresses measured in adjacent intervertebral discs and (2) grade of disc degeneration. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Endplate porosity is import...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Zehra U,Robson-Brown K,Adams MA,Dolan P

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVES:To compare subjective health complaints in subacute patients with low back pain with reference values from a Norwegian normal population. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Comorbidity is common with nonspecific low back pain. We wanted to investigate if these complaints were sp...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hagen EM,Svensen E,Eriksen HR,Ihlebaek CM,Ursin H

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE:To determine the predictive value of the Spinal Instability Neoplastic Score (SINS) in a cohort of patients treated with radiotherapy for spinal bone metastases. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Assessment of spinal stability in metastatic disease is challenging and is mos...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bollen L,Groenen K,Pondaag W,van Rijswijk CSP,Fiocco M,Van der Linden YM,Dijkstra SPD

更新日期：2017-08-15 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:Posture and motion analysis after a Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the compensation role of pelvis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Few existing studies found no compensation at the lower unfused level but did not investigate the pelvis. METHODS:Thirty patients were analyzed befo...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Skalli W,Zeller RD,Miladi L,Bourcereau G,Savidan M,Lavaste F,Dubousset J

更新日期：2006-05-20 00:00:00