Direct application of the TNF-alpha inhibitor, etanercept, does not affect CGRP expression and phenotypic change of DRG neurons following application of nucleus pulposus onto injured sciatic nerves in rats.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVE:To identify facet tropism as one of the possible risk factors leading to vertebral rotatory subluxation (VRS). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:VRS has been considered as one of the prognostic factors for degenerative scoliosis. Although several risk factors of VRS, including...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bao H,Zhu F,Liu Z,Bentley M,Mao S,Zhu Z,Ding Y,Qiu Y

更新日期：2014-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Experimental in vivo and in vitro study of intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration and the mechanism exploration. OBJECTIVE:This report aims to verify the expression of Sirt1 in IVD degeneration of different grades and explore its potential mechanism in human nucleus pulposus cells. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Guo J,Shao M,Lu F,Jiang J,Xia X

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review of records and radiographs with postoperative questionnaire of patients with Marfan syndrome receiving surgical correction for spinal deformity. OBJECTIVE:To characterize and analyze the challenges of surgical correction for spinal deformity in Marfan syndrome and to present recommend...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Jones KB,Erkula G,Sponseller PD,Dormans JP

更新日期：2002-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Human intervertebral disc tissue from the annulus was obtained in a prospective study investigating the ultrastructural features of disc cells and extracellular matrix. Experimental studies were approved by the authors' Human Subjects Institutional Review Board. Discs were obtained from surgical specimens ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Gruber HE,Hanley EN Jr

更新日期：2002-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective assessment of coronal, sagittal, and axial correction using convex lumbar pedicle screw constructs compared with hook constructs in patients with idiopathic scoliosis. OBJECTIVE:To determine if pedicle screw constructs can improve coronal, sagittal, and axial correction without increased c...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hamill CL,Lenke LG,Bridwell KH,Chapman MP,Blanke K,Baldus C

更新日期：1996-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A patient with a medical history of Sweet's Syndrome, an acute neutrophilic dermatosis, was seen at the authors' institution for cervical pain. After undergoing a thorough history-taking and physical examination and after experiencing no relief with conservative therapy, the patient underwent cervical spin...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Propst DA,Bossons CR,Sutterlin CE 3rd

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This is a retrospective review of the epidemiology of contraindications to lumbar total disc replacement (TDR). OBJECTIVE:To define the prevalence of contraindications to lumbar total disc replacement in a cohort of patients undergoing lumbar surgery in the senior author's (F.P.C.) practice. SUMMARY OF B...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Huang RC,Lim MR,Girardi FP,Cammisa FP Jr

更新日期：2004-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Human intervertebral disc cells were cultured in monolayer and treated with adenovirus-containing marker genes to determine the susceptibility of the cells to adenovirus-mediated gene transfer. OBJECTIVES:To test the efficacy of the adenovirus-mediated gene transfer technique for transferring exogenous ge...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Moon SH,Gilbertson LG,Nishida K,Knaub M,Muzzonigro T,Robbins PD,Evans CH,Kang JD

更新日期：2000-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of thoracic scoliosis in patients aged 50 years or older and to investigate the association of adult thoracic scoliosis with age, sex, and thoracic sagittal curve. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The prevalence of adult thoracic scoliosis has not be...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Urrutia J,Zamora T,Klaber I

更新日期：2014-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to demonstrate an effective method of testing using the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16 PF) along with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) to predict outcome criteria in a spinal pain clinic. Using an objective system of criteria for patient achievement, includi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lawlis GF,Mooney V,Selby DK,McCoy CE

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective analysis of 10 patients with pancreatitis after traumatic spinal cord injury. OBJECTIVES:To determine the conditions leading to nontraumatic pancreatitis in spinal cord injury. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Little is known in the literature about pancreatitis after spinal cord injury. A few ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Nobel D,Baumberger M,Eser P,Michel D,Knecht H,Stocker R

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report and literature review. OBJECTIVE:To describe a unique case of recurrent cerebral embolisms with "bilateral" atlantoaxial rotational vertebral artery occlusion (RVAO), and review the literature on this rare entity. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The few reports of bilateral bow hunter's stroke (BH...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Takeshima Y,Nishimura F,Park YS,Nakase H

更新日期：2014-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective clinical study. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors for postoperative distal adding-on in Lenke 1A adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Distal adding-on is a postoperative complication associated with the Lenke type 1A curve. Although va...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Joo YS,Hwang CJ,Cho JH,Baik JM,Cho NI,Lee DH,Lee MY,Yoon SJ,Lee CS

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review of prospectively collected data. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the last substantially touched vertebra (LSTV) is a valid lowest instrumented vertebra (LIV) for both Lenke 1 and 2 curve patterns with AR lumbar modifiers, and to identify preoperative risk factors of distal adding-on. ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Murphy JS,Upasani VV,Yaszay B,Bastrom TP,Bartley CE,Samdani A,Lenke LG,Newton PO

更新日期：2017-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A finite element model of the ligamentous cervical spinal segment was used to compute loads in various structures in response to clinically relevant loading modes. OBJECTIVE:To predict biomechanical parameters, including intradisc pressure, tension in ligaments, and forces across facets that are not pract...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Goel VK,Clausen JD

更新日期：1998-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultrastructure of ligamenta flava (LF) and interspinous ligaments (ISL) obtained from four patients who underwent surgery for vertebral fracture (control group) and five patients operated for disc herniation was studied. The fine structure of LF was composed of elastic and elaunin fibers. Small diameter collagen f...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yahia LH,Garzon S,Strykowski H,Rivard CH

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not computerized tomography myelography (CTM) gave an actual size and shape of the cervical spinal cord, and whether such dimensions reflected pathology of the spinal cord in cases suffering from compression myelopathy. Spinal cord transverse area and compression r...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Fujiwara K,Yonenobu K,Hiroshima K,Ebara S,Yamashita K,Ono K

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective analysis of the outcome of lumbar microdiscectomy, with independent assessment of outcome. OBJECTIVES:To explore whether the initial positive outcome after microdiscectomy is maintained at long-term follow-up. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Previous reports on long-term outcome after lumbar d...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Findlay GF,Hall BI,Musa BS,Oliveira MD,Fear SC

更新日期：1998-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：METHODS:Vertebral artery injury is a rarely described complication of anterior cervical decompression. The authors performed a retrospective review of their operative database for the purposes of defining the optimal management of this complication and its avoidance. RESULTS:Four of 1,215 (0.3%) patients undergoing an...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Golfinos JG,Dickman CA,Zabramski JM,Sonntag VK,Spetzler RF

更新日期：1994-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A study on active cervical range of motion (RoM) in healthy females of different ages. OBJECTIVE:Perform a three-dimensional quantitative analysis of active head-cervical RoM in healthy females to assess the relationship with age. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Age-related variations in active cervical RoM a...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Tommasi DG,Foppiani AC,Galante D,Lovecchio N,Sforza C

更新日期：2009-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective case-control study of multifidus muscle atrophy in 39 patients with unilateral lumbosacral radiculopathy and lumbosacral disc herniation and 20 controls. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate quantitatively the asymmetry of multifidus muscles in unilateral lumbosacral radiculopathy with disc herniation (herni...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hyun JK,Lee JY,Lee SJ,Jeon JY

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Changes in the electrophysiologic response of spinal dorsal horn neurons elicited by peripheral electrical stimulation were examined. OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether the electrical stimulation of peripheral nerves causes an inhibition of pain at the spinal cord level. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The wide...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hanai F

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Systematic review. OBJECTIVE:The authors aim to review comparative outcome measures between robotic and free-hand spine surgical procedures including: accuracy of spinal instrumentation, radiation exposure, operative time, hospital stay, and complication rates. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Misplacement of ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ghasem A,Sharma A,Greif DN,Alam M,Maaieh MA

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Conditioned media (CM) of cartilaginous endplates (CEPs) of intervertebral discs were analyzed in a bioassay with regard to their influence on matrix turnover and inflammatory factors on nucleus pulposus (NP) cells of the same patient. CEP tissue underwent further histological and ultrastructural analysis....

journal_title：Spine

authors： Neidlinger-Wilke C,Boldt A,Brochhausen C,Galbusera F,Carstens C,Copf F,Schultheiss M,Lazary A,Brayda-Bruno M,Ignatius A,Wilke HJ

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A descriptive in vitro study on isolation and differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from the facet joints and interspinous ligaments. OBJECTIVE:To isolate cells from the facet joints and interspinous ligaments and investigate their surface marker profile and differentiation potent...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kristjánsson B,Limthongkul W,Yingsakmongkol W,Thantiworasit P,Jirathanathornnukul N,Honsawek S

更新日期：2016-01-01 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:For in vitro studies, there is no basis for choosing a "load control study" over a "displacement control" study. This study qualitatively compared results from in vitro and in vivo tests, allowing the authors to address the experimental assumptions that in vitro testing contributes to the understanding of ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Dekutoski MB,Schendel MJ,Ogilvie JW,Olsewski JM,Wallace LJ,Lewis JL

更新日期：1994-08-01 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:Data for this study were collected as part of a prospective Food and Drug Administration regulated IDE trial for the ProDisc total disc replacement. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of the study was to compare the results of total disc replacement (TDR) in patients with previous discectomy to patients who had no suc...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Leahy M,Zigler JE,Ohnmeiss DD,Rashbaum RF,Sachs BL

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A three-dimensional finite element investigation. OBJECTIVES:To create a three-dimensional finite element model of the cervical spinal cord enlargement and to simulate a hyperextension injury of the cervical cord. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Experimental studies are difficult to simulate the complex mecha...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Li XF,Dai LY

更新日期：2009-05-15 00:00:00