A study of the cutaneous nerves encountered during thoracoplasty.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This study compared direct measurements of the distances between the vertebral arteries in the cervical spines of human cadaver specimens with data obtained from axial computed tomography images of these specimens. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the information obtained from a computed tomography scan can...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Heary RF,Albert TJ,Ludwig SC,Vaccaro AR,Wolansky LJ,Leddy TP,Schmidt RR

更新日期：1996-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial comparing a cylindrical threaded titanium cage to a femoral ring allograft control for anterior lumbar interbody fusion. OBJECTIVE:To compare these two implants with regard to arthrodesis. Secondary outcome measures included pain relief, neurological st...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Sasso RC,Kitchel SH,Dawson EG

更新日期：2004-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The role of bone graft force in stabilizing an instrumented cervical spine was evaluated for one-level and three-level corpectomy models using in vitro experiments. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the role of bone graft force in enhancing stability of anterior cervical plate, and to study effects of fatigue loa...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wang JL,Panjabi MM,Isomi T

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:METHODS. Percutaneous discectomy was successfully used to diagnose and treat bacterial discitis. CONCLUSIONS. This technique was successful in obtaining a bacteriologic diagnosis, relieving the patient's symptoms and assisting in the eradication of the infection. With percutaneous discectomy, there is lower morbidity ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Gebhard JS,Brugman JL

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Nine patients with malignant sacral tumor underwent 1-stage total sacrectomy. The oncological and functional results are analyzed. OBJECTIVE:To describe the surgical technique and evaluate the clinical outcome of the surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Very few reports specifically address total sacrecto...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Guo W,Tang X,Zang J,Ji T

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective study. OBJECTIVE:To study the impact of smoking status on postoperative complications and pseudarthrosis in adult patients undergoing posterolateral fusion (PLF) of the lumbar spine. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Results of studies analyzing the impact of smoking on complication and pseudarthr...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bydon M,De la Garza-Ramos R,Abt NB,Gokaslan ZL,Wolinsky JP,Sciubba DM,Bydon A,Witham TF

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A roentgen stereophotogrammetric (RS) technique using metallic markers was used to determine in vivo three-dimensional (3-D) motion data in the post-operative cervical spine. Two patients were examined with RS following fusion for up to 12 months at scheduled intervals. OBJECTIVES:The study was designed t...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lee S,Harris KG,Goel VK,Clark CR

更新日期：1994-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An economic evaluation was conducted alongside a randomized controlled trial. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Little is known about the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral treatment options for patients following lumbar disc surgery. If the knowledge available was supported by an economic evaluation, the inf...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ostelo RW,Goossens ME,de Vet HC,van den Brandt PA

更新日期：2004-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE:To compare morbidity and mortality between nonagenarians and other older adult patients who underwent elective spine surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There is a lack of information of the perioperative risks of nonagenarians undergoing spine surgery. METHODS:Data...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Oichi T,Oshima Y,Matsui H,Fushimi K,Tanaka S,Yasunaga H

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:In vitro wear testing of the Bryan Cervical Disc prosthesis was performed in a cervical spine simulator. The biologic response was assessed in chimpanzee and goat animal models. OBJECTIVE:Determine the wear characteristics of the Bryan disc. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Large joint arthroplasties fail most...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Anderson PA,Rouleau JP,Bryan VE,Carlson CS

更新日期：2003-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have tested 51 instrumented calf spines in vitro, using a scoliosis simulator, to evaluate the adequacy of fixation and nature of acute failure seen with various methods of scoliosis instrumentation. Tests were performed in compressive loading, rotation, and forward bending on the following instrumentation...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wenger DR,Carollo JJ,Wilkerson JA Jr,Wauters K,Herring JA

更新日期：1982-05-01 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:A comparative analysis of electromyogram (EMG) signals of patients of cervical pain and normal controls. OBJECTIVES:To determine the differences between frequency and time domain parameters of EMG signals of patients of cervical pain and normal controls. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:No diagnostic technique...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kumar S,Narayan Y,Prasad N,Shuaib A,Siddiqi ZA

更新日期：2007-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate the relationship between perioperative use of catheters and the incidence of surgical site infection (SSI) after cervical spine surgery, after adjusting for patient's age, severity of comorbidity, surgical approach, and use of instrumentation. SUMMARY ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Tamai K,Wang C,Heindel P,Paholpak P,Buser Z,Wang JC

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective study. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to detect risk factors for Adding-on after posterior correction surgery in patients with Lenke 1 or 2 AIS, and to explore whether Adding-on Index could be used to predict Adding-on effectively. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Adding-on phenomenon is a...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yang C,Li Y,Yang M,Zhao Y,Zhu X,Li M,Liu G

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the long-term effects of lower lumbar fusion, 94 subjects were catalogued from medical records. They had a lumbar arthrodesis at the third lumbar level or below and their operations were performed before 1964. Twenty-four were not located and 8 were deceased. Sixty-two subjects (72% of available sample) c...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lehmann TR,Spratt KF,Tozzi JE,Weinstein JN,Reinarz SJ,el-Khoury GY,Colby H

更新日期：1987-03-01 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 review. OBJECTIVE:to determine if Anterior/Posterior Combined approach spine surgery is associated with an increased risk of pulmonary embolism (PE) compared to Posterior Only approach surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:combined anterior/posterior approach spine surgery is associated with ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kim HJ,Kepler C,Cunningham M,Rawlins B,Boachie-Adjei O

更新日期：2011-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective database review. OBJECTIVE:To determine the 90-day complication rate and 90-day and 1-year mortality in patients 80 years of age and older who were treated with posterolateral lumbar spinal fusion surgery and to compare these rates against those of elderly patients ages 65 to 79. SUMMARY OF...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Puvanesarajah V,Jain A,Shimer AL,Li X,Singla A,Shen F,Hassanzadeh H

更新日期：2017-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This report describes a young patient with a rapidly progressive kyphosis caused by collapse of a severely osteoporotic thoracolumbar spine, which led to impairment of cardiopulmonary function. OBJECTIVES:To highlight the treatment strategy, difficulty of diagnosis, operative stabilization, and outcome. ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Noorda RJ,Wuisman PI,Fidler MW,Lips PT,Winters HA

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one with symptomatic cervical spondylosis or nonspecific neck pain were given an amnesic dose of diazepam before manipulation of the cervical spine. Eighteen patients served as controls and also received diazepam but no manipulation. Results were obtained in a randomized, double-blind fashion. Statements of out...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Sloop PR,Smith DS,Goldenberg E,Doré C

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Literature review and discussion. OBJECTIVE:To discuss the role played by beliefs, expectations, coping, and depression in the transition to chronicity in whiplash-associated disorders (WAD), and to discuss their clinical and research implications. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Psychological factors are imp...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Carroll LJ

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Painless transcranial magnetic stimulation has been performed on 53 healthy adults in order to obtain normal values of central motor pathway conduction times to cervical segments innervating upper limb muscles. Central motor latency was 5.1 msec when recording from the biceps brachii and 5.2 msec when recording from t...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Dvorák J,Herdmann J,Theiler R

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Clinical study. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the feasibility of the transoral endoscopic odontoidectomy without occipitocervical fusion. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Endoscopic transnasal resection of the odontoid process is less invasive than the conventional transoral odontoidectomy. However, the endonasal a...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Qiuhang Z,Feng K,Bo Y,Hongchuan G,Mingchu L,Ge C,Feng L

更新日期：2013-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective review of charts, x-rays (XRs) and computed tomography (CT) scans was performed. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the accuracy of pedicle screw placement using a novel classification system to determine potentially significant screw misplacement. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The accuracy rate of pedic...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Sarwahi V,Wendolowski SF,Gecelter RC,Amaral T,Lo Y,Wollowick AL,Thornhill B

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This study analyzed the correlation between the atlantoaxial instability (especially sagittal plane rotatory instability) and myelopathy. Thirty-four patients with os odontoideum were reviewed in clinical symptoms and radiographs. OBJECTIVES:The results were correlated to provide a rationale for the genes...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Watanabe M,Toyama Y,Fujimura Y

更新日期：1996-06-15 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：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the 30-day recurrence rate after emergency lumbar discectomy. Secondary aims were to investigate the factors affecting the 30-day recurrence and readmission rates and clinical outcome. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Excluding cauda equine syndrome (CES) ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Reito A,Kyrölä K,Pekkanen L,Paloneva J

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective study using a national administrative database. OBJECTIVE:To define the cohort differences in patient characteristics between patients undergoing cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) and anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) in a large national sample, and to describe the impact of thos...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Goz V,Martin BI,Donnally CJ 3rd,Brodke D,Spina N,Lawrence B,Spiker WR

更新日期：2020-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled study. OBJECTIVE:To report the results of using the PediGuard (SpineGuard, Inc., San Francisco, CA), a local electrical conductivity measurement device, to reduce radiation exposure while drilling the pilot hole for pedicle screw placement. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:R...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Chaput CD,George K,Samdani AF,Williams JI,Gaughan J,Betz RR

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00