Characterizing the shape of the lumbar spine using an active shape model: reliability and precision of the method.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The relative risk of blood contamination during spine surgery was studied using data collected from 324 procedures. OBJECTIVES:To analyze demographic factors that predict blood-borne pathogens in the population of spine surgery patients, study the rates and patterns of blood contamination in health care w...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wong DA,Jones AA,Lange K

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Present disability evaluation schedules for the low back are not scientifically based and produce very great interexaminer differences. The authors have developed a new impairment schedule based on a comprehensive review of the medical literature and the collected opinions of a large number of back specialists. Tests ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Clark WL,Haldeman S,Johnson P,Morris J,Schulenberger C,Trauner D,White A

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This study retrospectively compares the clinical and radiologic outcomes of unilateral transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) with those of transvertebral screw fixation of the lumbosacral spine in high-grade spondylolisthesis. OBJECTIVE:To examine the outcome and perioperative complications of uni...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Rodriguez-Olaverri JC,Zimick NC,Merola A,Vicente J,Rodriguez J,Tabuenca A,Loste A,Suñen E,Burgos J,Hevia E,Piza-Vallespir G

更新日期：2008-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A cadaveric study OBJECTIVE.: The aim of this study was to analyze the in situ macro- and microscopic configuration of the type II cyst and its anatomic relationship with surrounding structures. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The lack of consensus of surgical strategy to manage symptomatic type II meningeal c...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Thorpe Lowis CG,Zhang M,Amin NF

更新日期：2016-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:In vitro biomechanical study. OBJECTIVE:To characterize cervical total disc replacement (TDR) kinematics above two-level fusion, and to determine the effect of fusion alignment on TDR response. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Cervical TDR may be a promising alternative for a symptomatic adjacent level after p...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Martin S,Ghanayem AJ,Tzermiadianos MN,Voronov LI,Havey RM,Renner SM,Carandang G,Abjornson C,Patwardhan AG

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This study reports the 7-year follow-up of an L5 vertebral hemangioendothelioma treated with tumor excision and allograft reconstruction stabilized with transpedicular fixation. OBJECTIVES:A review of vertebral hemangioendotheliomas is provided to outline the rationale for surgical excision in such cases....

journal_title：Spine

authors： Sybert DR,Steffee AD,Keppler L,Biscup RS,Enker P

更新日期：1995-04-01 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:Pain drawings were scored and their relationship to discographic pain responses was investigated. OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a relationship between patients indicating pain in nonanatomic patterns on pain drawings (possibly suggestive of a tendency to overreport pai...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ohnmeiss DD,Vanharanta H,Guyer RD

更新日期：1995-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report. OBJECTIVE:To report the first case of posterior spinal artery (PSA) infarct due to patent foramen ovale (PFO). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Infarct in the territories of PSA are very rare: till now 38 cases are reported in the literature. Moreover only 1 case of spinal cord infarction was attr...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Petruzzellis M,Fraddosio A,Giorelli M,Prontera M,Tinelli A,Lucivero V,Federico F

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An experimental model of spinal cord injury (SCI) intended to characterize changes in renal function. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible influence of SCI level on renal function during spinal shock. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:SCI triggers multiple systemic and metabolic alterati...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Rodríguez-Romero V,Guízar-Sahagún G,Castañeda-Hernández G,Reyes JL,Cruz-Antonio L

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A systematic review. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this review was to evaluate the effectiveness of motor control exercise (MCE) in patients with nonspecific low back pain (LBP). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:MCE is a common form of exercise used for managing LBP. MCE focuses on the activation of the deep trunk musc...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Saragiotto BT,Maher CG,Yamato TP,Costa LOP,Costa LCM,Ostelo RWJG,Macedo LG

更新日期：2016-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A controlled rabbit model of lumbar posterolateral intertransverse process arthrodesis was used to evaluate a bone graft substitute. OBJECTIVE:To determine the efficacy of demineralized bone matrix gel as an autograft extender, using different ratios of demineralized bone matrix to autograft and to determ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Morone MA,Boden SD

更新日期：1998-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The authors developed a rat-tail model to investigate the hypothesis that vertebral wedging during growth in progressive spinal deformities results from asymmetric loading in a "vicious cycle." OBJECTIVES:To document growth curves with axial compression or distraction applied to tail vertebrae to determin...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Stokes IA,Spence H,Aronsson DD,Kilmer N

更新日期：1996-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Transient paraparesis during the operative management of a 16-year-old patient with Scheuermann's kyphosis secondary to thoracic stenosis is reported. OBJECTIVE:To describe a treatable cause for paraparesis in a patient with Scheuermann's kyphosis undergoing surgical treatment. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Tribus CB

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Literature review. OBJECTIVE:Provide an overview of biomechanical strengths and weaknesses of long and short fixation constructs applied in thoracolumbar fractures, along with a discussion of specific indications for selecting an instrumentation construct for a given fracture. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:...

journal_title：Spine

authors： McLain RF

更新日期：2006-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An in vivo study examining the functional osseointegration of smooth, rough, and porous surface topographies presenting polyether-ether-ketone (PEEK) or titanium surface chemistry. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of surface topography and surface chemistry on implant osseointegration. SUMMARY OF BAC...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Torstrick FB,Lin ASP,Safranski DL,Potter D,Sulchek T,Lee CSD,Gall K,Guldberg RE

更新日期：2020-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Three experimental groups and one control group of chickens underwent different surgical procedures to determine the effects of pineal gland transplantation on the development of scoliosis. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether transplantation of the pineal gland to the body wall musculature maintains serum mela...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bagnall KM,Beuerlein M,Johnson P,Wilson J,Raso VJ,Moreau M

更新日期：2001-05-01 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:Randomized controlled trial. OBJECTIVE:To assess whether monitoring increases brace-wearing compliance in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Noncompliance is a barrier to brace treatment of AIS. Studies have demonstrated that monitoring improves medication com...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Miller DJ,Franzone JM,Matsumoto H,Gomez JA,Avendaño J,Hyman JE,Roye DP Jr,Vitale MG

更新日期：2012-04-20 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：:Postlaminectomy deformities were simulated in the cervical or cervicothoracic spine by the use of a displacement incremental method based on finite-element analysis combined with composite material and spanning element theory. The simulation analyses revealed that the primary cause of postlaminectomy deformity was the...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Saito T,Yamamuro T,Shikata J,Oka M,Tsutsumi S

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The effects of electrical stimulation of the sciatic nerve on background electromyographic and static stretch reflex activity of the trunk muscles were studied. OBJECTIVES:To verify the hypotheses that sciatic scoliosis is induced reflexively by radiculopathic pain, and that scoliosis might be maintained ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hirayama J,Takahashi Y,Nakajima Y,Takahashi K,Yamagata M,Moriya H

更新日期：2001-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report of a solitary osteochondroma of the cervical spine causing myelopathy in a 66-year-old woman. OBJECTIVES:To review the relevant literature and describe a highly unusual clinical manifestation of solitary osteochondroma. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Osteochondromas are common benign bony lesions...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ratliff J,Voorhies R

更新日期：2000-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Computed tomography represents one of the most remarkable short-term technical advances ever seen in medicine. Its recent extension to scanning of the lumbar spine promises to become its most significant extra-cranial application. The accusation has been made that CT scanning represents an expensive diagnostic modalit...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Burton CV

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Destructive compression tests and finite element analyses were conducted to investigate the biomechanical strength at the graft-endplate interface in anterior cervical fusion. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effect of endplate thickness, endplate holes, and bone mineral density of the vertebral body on the ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lim TH,Kwon H,Jeon CH,Kim JG,Sokolowski M,Natarajan R,An HS,Andersson GB

更新日期：2001-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A three-dimensional, nonlinear finite element analysis was performed to predict the in situ contact interaction of prosthesis components of the Prodisc-L in a multisegmental lumbar model following total disc replacement (TDR). OBJECTIVE:Efforts were made to investigate how the TDR implant contact characte...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Chen WM,Park C,Lee K,Lee S

更新日期：2009-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:In vitro biomechanical study to evaluate the stability of different types of instrumentation in the lumbar spine following corpectomy in relation to bone mineral density (BMD). OBJECTIVES:To investigate the relation between the stability of a spinal instrumentation and BMD. To determine a threshold value ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Knöller SM,Meyer G,Eckhardt C,Lill CA,Schneider E,Linke B

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Neck Pain and Disability Scale (NPDS). OBJECTIVE:Translating, culturally adapting, and validating the Italian version of the NPDS-I. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Great importance is devoted to validated and comprehensive outcome measures to improve intervent...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Monticone M,Baiardi P,Nido N,Righini C,Tomba A,Giovanazzi E

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE:To examine differences between preoperative and postoperative fear of movement and investigate the relationship between fear of movement and pain, disability and physical health after spinal surgery for degenerative conditions. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Consistent evi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Archer KR,Wegener ST,Seebach C,Song Y,Skolasky RL,Thornton C,Khanna AJ,Riley LH 3rd

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A 5-year clinical follow-up assessment of a prospective randomized study of chemonucleolysis using chymopapain (4000 IU) or collagenase (400 ABC units) was performed. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Intradiscal therapy can be performed for patients with contained discs by chemonucleolysis, percutaneous discect...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wittenberg RH,Oppel S,Rubenthaler FA,Steffen R

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00