Dual growing rod technique followed for three to eleven years until final fusion: the effect of frequency of lengthening.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective analysis. OBJECTIVE:A national population-based database was analyzed to characterize the risks of postoperative complications and mortality associated with the patient's body mass index (BMI) after lumbar spinal surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Obesity has been associated with greater p...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Marquez-Lara A,Nandyala SV,Sankaranarayanan S,Noureldin M,Singh K

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A cross-sectional survey among health professionals working in a Kuwait hospital. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the prevalence and factors associated with low back pain (LBP). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The literature suggests that health professionals are exposed to occupational risk factors that predispose ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Landry MD,Raman SR,Sulway C,Golightly YM,Hamdan E

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective study. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the outcomes and safety of endoscopic laminectomy for central lumbar canal spinal stenosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:.: Spinal endoscopy is mostly used in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation, while endoscopic laminectomy for lumbar spinal stenosis is rarel...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Sun F,Liang Q,Yan M,Wang H,Liu Z,Li F,Dong J,Liu T

更新日期：2020-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective analysis of back pain claim data from two sources, a workers' compensation provider and Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. The Workers' Compensation Provider claim data were examined over a 9-year period, 1987-1995, and the Washington claim data were examined over a 5-year...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Murphy PL,Volinn E

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Histologic analysis of intervertebral disc (IVD) in three types of transgenic mice. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the role of Wnt/β-catenin signaling in regulation of IVD development and organization. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:β-catenin dependent Wnt signaling is one of the central regulators in cartilage de...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kondo N,Yuasa T,Shimono K,Tung W,Okabe T,Yasuhara R,Pacifici M,Zhang Y,Iwamoto M,Enomoto-Iwamoto M

更新日期：2011-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study OBJECTIVE.: To determine the rate of venous thromboembolism event (VTE) and risk factors for their occurrence in patients with vertebral fractures. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism (VTE) events are a significant source of potentially preventa...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Samuel AM,Diaz-Collado PJ,Gala RJ,Webb ML,Lukasiewicz AM,Basques BA,Bohl DD,Kim HJ,Grauer JN

更新日期：2018-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case series is reported. OBJECTIVE:To improve understanding of the potential mechanisms associated with cerebral microemboli during scoliosis surgery in adolescents. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Paradoxical cerebral fat microembolization during scoliosis surgery has been associated with right-to-left shu...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Rodriguez RA,Sinclair B,Weatherdon D,Letts M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Literature-based review. OBJECTIVE:To review the published data on occupant kinematic and neuromuscular responses during low-speed impacts and analyze how these data inform our understanding of whiplash injury. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:A stereotypical kinematic and neuromuscular response has been obser...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Siegmund GP

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An in vitro biomechanical study. OBJECTIVE:To perform in vitro biomechanical testing on a lumbar spine using a 6-degree-of-freedom machine. To compare the range of motion (ROM), intradiscal pressure, and facet force of different 3-level dynamic stabilization constructs with traditional rigid constructs. T...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lee JK,Gomez J,Michelsen C,Kim Y,Moldavsky M,Chinthakunta SR,Khalil S

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A single-institution, single-surgeon retrospective review. OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy of posterior only approach with short instrumentation and prolonged suction drainage in managing lumbar pyogenic spondylitis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Several methods of posterior surgical treatment for pyogenic...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kim YM,Choi SM

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：:An electronic bone growth stimulator (EBGS) had been devised to facilitate lumbosacral fusion in the early 1970s, using a totally implanted device which delivers a steady 5 microA at each of four cathodes. The use of the device is reserved for patients in whom painful and abnormal motion is demonstrated to be the majo...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kane WJ

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were carried out on cadaveric lumbar spines to determine the mechanical function of the apophyseal joints. It was found that they resist most of the intervertebral shear force and share in resisting the intervertebral compressive force, but only in lordotic postures. They prevent excessive movement from da...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Adams MA,Hutton WC

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This study evaluated safety, fusion success rate, and clinical outcome of a new lumbar interbody hollow, threaded titanium fusion cage in a multicenter, prospective 236-case program adhering to a United States Food and Drug Administration Investigational Device Exemption controlled protocol. OBJECTIVES:Th...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ray CD

更新日期：1997-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A sheep cervical spine interbody fusion model was used to determine the effect of combined insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and transforming growth factor-beta-1 (TGF-beta1) applied by a poly-(D,L-lactide) (PDLLA)-coated cage. OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a new P...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kandziora F,Schmidmaier G,Schollmeier G,Bail H,Pflugmacher R,Görke T,Wagner M,Raschke M,Mittlmeier T,Haas NP

更新日期：2002-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective clinical study on the effect of percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) in the treatment of intravertebral pseudarthrosis caused by avascular necrosis of a vertebral body. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the efficacy of PVP in the treatment of spinal instability associated with avascular necrosis. SUMMA...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Jang JS,Kim DY,Lee SH

更新日期：2003-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to report the use of erector spinae plane (ESP) blocks as part of an opioid-free multimodal anesthetic regimen and its impact on postoperative pain and opioid requirements following spine surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Posterior spinal fusion surger...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Chin KJ,Lewis S

更新日期：2019-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Recall of the informed consent process in patients undergoing adult spinal deformity surgery and their family members was investigated prospectively. OBJECTIVE:To quantify the percentage recall of the most common complications discussed during the informed consent process in adult spinal deformity surgery...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Saigal R,Clark AJ,Scheer JK,Smith JS,Bess S,Mummaneni PV,McCarthy IM,Hart RA,Kebaish KM,Klineberg EO,Deviren V,Schwab F,Shaffrey CI,Ames CP

更新日期：2015-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons that have dichotomizing axons to the lumbar facet joint and to the sciatic nerve were investigated in rats using a double fluorescent labeling technique. OBJECTIVES:To clarify the existence of DRG neurons with dichotomizing axons projecting to the lumbar facet joint and ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Sameda H,Takahashi Y,Takahashi K,Chiba T,Ohtori S,Moriya H

更新日期：2001-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Sixty radiographs were measured on two separate occasions by three physicians using four different techniques to evaluate the reliability and reproducibility of the measurement of lumbar lordosis. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate clinical methods of measuring lumbar lordosis, determining intraobserver and interobser...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Polly DW Jr,Kilkelly FX,McHale KA,Asplund LM,Mulligan M,Chang AS

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giovanni Alfonso Borelli is often described as the father of biomechanics. He was born in Naples in 1608. His De Motu Animalium, published in 1680, extended to biology the rigorous analytical methods developed by Galileo in the field of mechanics. Borelli calculated the forces required for equilibrium in various joint...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Pope MH

更新日期：2005-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An experimental animal study. OBJECTIVE:To study if antitumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) antibody, which is administered at different times, reduces the pain behavior induced by application of nucleus pulposus (NP) to the nerve root. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Treatment with TNF-alpha inhibitor re...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Sasaki N,Kikuchi S,Konno S,Sekiguchi M,Watanabe K

更新日期：2007-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective, randomized, controlled, multicenter clinical study was conducted. OBJECTIVE:To compare the clinical and radiographic outcomes of patients treated with OP-1 (BMP-7) Putty to autogenous iliac crest bone graft for one-level uninstrumented posterolateral fusion of the lumbar spine following dec...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Vaccaro AR,Patel T,Fischgrund J,Anderson DG,Truumees E,Herkowitz HN,Phillips F,Hilibrand A,Albert TJ,Wetzel T,McCulloch JA

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Twenty-seven patients underwent instrumented transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) procedures using bioresorbable implants as interbody spacers. The greater than 2-year clinical and radiographic results of this series are presented along with as a review of relevant preclinical and preliminary clin...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Coe JD,Vaccaro AR

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective study. OBJECTIVE:To develop an accurate and reliable method to detect malpositioned pedicle screws during thoracic and lumbar spinal deformity operations using intraoperative plain radiographs. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The reliability of pedicle screw assessment using plain radiographs ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kim YJ,Lenke LG,Cheh G,Riew KD

更新日期：2005-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective analysis. OBJECTIVE:To determine, in pediatric patients with neuromuscular deformity undergoing vertebral column resection (VCR), the (1) characteristics of the surgery performed; (2) amount of pelvic obliquity restoration, and coronal and sagittal correction achieved; (3) associated blood l...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Sponseller PD,Jain A,Lenke LG,Shah SA,Sucato DJ,Emans JB,Newton PO

更新日期：2012-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:An anatomic study of lumbar nerve root lesions in the foraminal zone was performed on 35 cadavers. Two morphologic abnormalities of the nerve roots in the intervertebral foramen were found. The first was an abnormal transverse course of the nerve roots. The second was an indentation on the dorsal root ganglia caused b...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Sato K,Kikuchi S

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Systematic review. OBJECTIVE:To determine the effectiveness and safety of cervical laminoplasty versus laminectomy and fusion for the treatment of cervical myelopathy, and to identify any patient subgroups for whom one treatment may result in better outcomes than the other. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Cer...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yoon ST,Hashimoto RE,Raich A,Shaffrey CI,Rhee JM,Riew KD

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association between preoperative baseline serum albumin and postoperative surgical complication. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The prevalence of malnutrition in the hospitalized patient population has only been recently recognized. Preoperative hypoal...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Adogwa O,Martin JR,Huang K,Verla T,Fatemi P,Thompson P,Cheng J,Kuchibhatla M,Lad SP,Bagley CA,Gottfried ON

更新日期：2014-08-15 00:00:00