Low-back injuries in a heavy industry. II. Labor market forces.

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:A prospective clinical research article. OBJECTIVE:The primary goals were to determine (1) radiation exposure to the spine surgeon with the use of an intraoperative 3-dimensional imaging system and (2) to define the safe distance from the computed tomographic scanner. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND:Intraoperative...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Abdullah KG,Bishop FS,Lubelski D,Steinmetz MP,Benzel EC,Mroz TE

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect on the lumbosacral spine of long spinal fusion in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis was studied in 22 patients. The average duration of follow-up was 12.8 years. Corrections of the coronal curves through instrumentation were satisfactory. However, a kyphosis was produced at the fused segment of the lumbar spi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Luk KD,Lee FB,Leong JC,Hsu LC

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective analysis of 200 patients requiring cervical disc surgery was performed to determine the frequency of coexistent lumbar disc or spine abnormalities. The duration of follow-up ranged from 5 to 25 years, averaging 14 years. Sixty percent were women and 40% were men, their ages ranging from 25-73 years. An...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Jacobs B,Ghelman B,Marchisello P

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Systematic literature review. OBJECTIVE:To determine the options, indications, and outcomes for conventional radiotherapy and radiosurgery for metastatic spine disease. METHODS:Three research questions were determined through a consensus among a multidisciplinary panel of spine oncology experts. A system...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Gerszten PC,Mendel E,Yamada Y

更新日期：2009-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective single-blind study, 60 patients surgically treated for lumbar disc herniation underwent clinical examination and computed tomography preoperatively and 3 months after surgery. At follow-up (58 patients; median, 31 months; range, 21-37 months), 29 patients had an excellent outcome (51%), 20 improved (3...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Jensen TT,Overgaard S,Thomsen NO,Kramp S,Petersen OF,Hansen JH

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A biomechanical study comparing two materials for augmentation of osteoporotic vertebral bodies and vertebral bodies after compression fracture. OBJECTIVES:To compare an injected, biodegradable calcium phosphate bone substitute with injected polymethylmethacrylate bone cement for strengthening osteoporoti...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bai B,Jazrawi LM,Kummer FJ,Spivak JM

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report and literature review of the five previous case reports. OBJECTIVES:To outline the features of Torulopsis glabrata spinal osteomyelitis, including its risk factors, diagnosis, and recommended treatments. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Fungal infections in general and Torulopsis glabrata in part...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Curran MP,Lenke LG

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Measurement of radiation dose from C-arm fluoroscopy during a simulated intraoperative use in spine surgery. OBJECTIVE.: To investigate scatter radiation doses to specific organs of surgeons during intraoperative use of C-arm fluoroscopy in spine surgery and to provide practical intraoperative guidelines. ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lee K,Lee KM,Park MS,Lee B,Kwon DG,Chung CY

更新日期：2012-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional cohort study. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to develop and validate a patient-completed screening questionnaire for axial spondyloarthropathy for use in the United Kingdom. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Axial spondyloarthropathy (axial SpA) can be difficult to diagnose in the early sta...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hamilton L,Macgregor A,Newman D,Belkhiri A,Toms A,Gaffney K

更新日期：2013-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An experimental study to elucidate the initial factors in the pathogenesis of lumbar pain caused by disc herniation. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of autologous nucleus pulposus on blood flow and endoneurial fluid pressure in dorsal root ganglia. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Human sciatica is known to ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yabuki S,Kikuchi S,Olmarker K,Myers RR

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Magnetic resonance imaging findings of an increased signal in the cervical cord in patients undergoing surgery for ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament were analyzed to determined whether an increased signal on T2-weighted images correlated with a poorer outcome. OBJECTIVES:To clarify wheth...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Nakamura M,Fujimura Y

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen variations of posterior instrumentation were tested experimentally, using models based on polyester imitation vertebrae, to determine the most effective method for stabilization of a section of the spine following fracture and, in particular, pathologic fracture. The most rigid construction was a well-fitting...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Fidler MW

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A study of the histologic changes of the intervertebral discs (IVDs) in biglycan (Bgn)-deficient mice. OBJECTIVE:In this study, we investigate whether the absence of Bgn accelerates the degenerative process in mouse intervertebral disc (IVD). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Proteoglycans and collagen fibrils ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Furukawa T,Ito K,Nuka S,Hashimoto J,Takei H,Takahara M,Ogino T,Young MF,Shinomura T

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve patients with locked facets of the lower cervical spine were surgically treated through an anterior approach. The interlocking was bilateral in 2 cases and unilateral in 10; in all patients, skull traction failed to obtain the reduction. The technique of anterior reduction is described, with particular attentio...

journal_title：Spine

authors： de Oliveira JC

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective comparative study. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the risk factors associated with upper instrumented vertebral (UIV) fractures in adult lumbar deformity. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Long segment lumbar fusions may lead to junctional failures. The purpose of this study was to determine factors a...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lewis SJ,Abbas H,Chua S,Bacon S,Bronstein Y,Goldstein S,Magana S,Sullivan K,Dold AP,Bodrogi A

更新日期：2012-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis of indications, techniques, results of stabilization and decompression of 100 consecutive spinal tumour cases was carried out. Localized metastatic disease is best operated anteriorly. Primary malignancies are best treated with en bloc resection. Pain relief in metastatic disease is achieved by rigid stabi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kostuik JP,Errico TJ,Gleason TF,Errico CC

更新日期：1988-03-01 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:Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE:The goal of the present study was to determine whether neck pain responds differently to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) between patients with cervical radiculopathy and/or cervical myelopathy. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Many patients who undergo ACDF ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Stull JD,Goyal DKC,Mangan JJ,Divi SN,McKenzie JC,Casper DS,Okroj K,Kepler CK,Vaccaro AR,Schroeder GD,Hilibrand AS

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective molecular mechanism of macrophages infiltration in experimental disc herniation. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the mechanisms of macrophages infiltration into the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) in a rat model of disc herniation. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Macrophages infiltrate the DRG after applica...

journal_title：Spine

authors： You C,Zhu K,Liu X,Xi C,Zhang Z,Xu G,Yan J

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The standing heights of 40 children with scoliosis and 110 persons from their immediate families were compared with those of a group of 349 contemporary control subjects. Skeletal bone ages and puberty ratings did not differ from normal, but the children with scoliosis were found to be significantly taller than the co...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Carr AJ,Jefferson RJ,Turner-Smith AR

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Agreement study. OBJECTIVE:To perform an independent interobserver and intraobserver agreement evaluation of the new AOSpine Thoracolumbar Spine Injury Classification System. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The new AOSpine Thoracolumbar Spine Injury Classification System was recently published. It showed subs...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Urrutia J,Zamora T,Yurac R,Campos M,Palma J,Mobarec S,Prada C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:In silico finite element study. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of six construct factors on apical rod strain in an in silico pedicle subtraction osteotomy (PSO) model: traditional inline and alternative Ames-Deviren-Gupta (ADG) multi-rod techniques, number of accessory rods (th...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Gelb DE,Tareen J,Jazini E,Ludwig SC,Harris JA,Amin DB,Wang W,Van Horn MR,Patel PD,Mirabile BA,Bucklen BS

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to characterize the costs associated with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) class, and to determine the extent to which ASA status is a predictor of increased cost and LOS following lumbar laminectomy and fusion (LLF). SUMMAR...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bronheim RS,Caridi JM,Steinberger J,Hunter S,Neifert SN,Deutsch BC,DeMaria S Jr,Hermann L,Gal JS

更新日期：2020-03-01 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:A case report. OBJECTIVE:We report on the device failure of a polyetherether-ketone expandable cage device with posterior migration of one of its components. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Posterior migration of transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion cage devices has been reported with static devices, and ou...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kim PD,Baron EM,Levesque M

更新日期：2012-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An established rabbit posterolateral lumbar fusion model was used to evaluate the ability of osteogenic protein-1 to overcome the inhibitory effect of nicotine. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether osteogenic protein-1 should be considered as a bone graft alternative for the patient who smokes. SUMMARY OF BACK...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Patel TC,Erulkar JS,Grauer JN,Troiano NW,Panjabi MM,Friedlaender GE

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review of pediatric patients with vertebral and spinal cord tumors. OBJECTIVES:To identify clinical and radiographic features of diagnostic importance, and to evaluate the effectiveness of surgical treatment with respect to complications in pediatric patients with vertebral and spinal cord t...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Parikh SN,Crawford AH

更新日期：2003-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review. OBJECTIVE:Anchor stability and prominence are problems with pelvic fixation in pediatric spinal deformity surgery. We compared the new sacral alar iliac (SAI) fixation technique (with a starting point in the sacral ala and in-line anchors deep under the midline muscle flap) with othe...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Sponseller PD,Zimmerman RM,Ko PS,Pull Ter Gunne AF,Mohamed AS,Chang TL,Kebaish KM

更新日期：2010-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review of a multicenter database. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether surgeon experience is associated with complication rates in adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Multiple patient- and surgery-related factors have been shown to increase the risk of complications in...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Skovrlj B,Cho SK,Caridi JM,Bridwell KH,Lenke LG,Kim YJ

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00