Radiographic analysis of the cervical spine in patients with retro-odontoid pseudotumors.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective study of 50 patients who underwent posterior thoracic or thoracolumbar instrumented spinal surgery from June 1998 through June 1999. OBJECTIVES:To highlight the advantages and disadvantages of neurogenic mixed evoked potential (NMEP) data obtained with three methods of stimulation: epidural,...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wilson-Holden TJ,Padberg AM,Parkinson JD,Bridwell KH,Lenke LG,Bassett GS

更新日期：2000-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This study examined the differences in tactile hypersensitivity across 6 different strains of male mice, and between male and female rats of 3 different strains in a rodent model of low back pain associated with lumbar radiculopathy. OBJECTIVE:We investigated the possibility that differences in tactile al...

journal_title：Spine

authors： LaCroix-Fralish ML,Rutkowski MD,Weinstein JN,Mogil JS,Deleo JA

更新日期：2005-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This section of the cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) Spine focus issue collates evidence related to diagnosis, outcome assessment, and genetics. Given that a variety of different disease states can present similarly, a guide for diagnosing and differentiating CSM from other neurological conditions is initially pr...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wilson JR,Fehlings MG,Kalsi-Ryan S,Shamji MF,Tetreault LA,Rhee JM,Chapman JR

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior irradiation and scarring can complicate wound closure following spinal surgery. Implanted tissue expanders were used six times in four patients to aid skin closure. Three patients had prior irradiation for cancer, and one had myelomeningocele. The average interval between placement and removal of the expanders w...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Paonessa KJ,Zide B,Errico T,Engler GL

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Kinematics of the upper cervical spine during head rotation were investigated using three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in healthy volunteers. OBJECTIVES:To demonstrate in vivo intervertebral coupled motions of the upper cervical spine. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Although various in vivo a...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ishii T,Mukai Y,Hosono N,Sakaura H,Nakajima Y,Sato Y,Sugamoto K,Yoshikawa H

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Magnetic resonance images of cervical compression myelopathy were retrospectively analyzed in comparison with surgical outcomes. OBJECTIVES:To investigate which magnetic resonance findings in patients with cervical compression myelopathy reflect the clinical symptoms and prognosis, and to determine the ra...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Morio Y,Teshima R,Nagashima H,Nawata K,Yamasaki D,Nanjo Y

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

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:Prospective multicenter observation. OBJECTIVE:To determine the validity of 3 commercially available at recording thoracic-lumbar-sacral orthosis (TLSO) wearing time of children with spinal cord injury (SCI) and to assess each monitor's function during daily activities. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:A major...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hunter LN,Sison-Williamson M,Mendoza MM,McDonald CM,Molitor F,Mulcahey MJ,Betz RR,Vogel LC,Bagley A

更新日期：2008-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:From June 1978 to May 1988, posterior decompression with posterolateral fusion was performed at Tenri Hospital on 63 cases of cervical myelopathy with instability and/or malalignment including kyphotic and/or S-shaped deformities. Among 46 cases followed up for more than 1 year, 41 cases (89.1%) improved; 21 cases (45...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Miyazaki K,Tada K,Matsuda Y,Okuno M,Yasuda T,Murakami H

更新日期：1989-11-01 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：:The outcome of spinal cord injury depends on the extent of secondary damage produced by a series of cellular and molecular events initiated by the primary trauma. This article reviews the evidence that secondary spinal cord injury involves the apoptotic as well as necrotic death of neurons and glial cells. Also discus...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lu J,Ashwell KW,Waite P

更新日期：2000-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:We describe our surgical experience to remove osteoid osteomas and osteoblastomas of the occipitocervical junction. In this location, vertebral artery vicinity requires special consideration. OBJECTIVES:We illustrate our surgical approaches to remove lesions confidently, while minimizing bone resection to...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bruneau M,Cornelius JF,George B

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective minimum 5-year follow-up study of the cervical spine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) initially without cervical involvement. OBJECTIVE:To clarify the incidence and aggravation of cervical spine instabilities and their predictive risk factors in patients with RA. SUMMARY OF BACKGR...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yurube T,Sumi M,Nishida K,Miyamoto H,Kohyama K,Matsubara T,Miura Y,Sugiyama D,Doita M,Kobe Spine Conference.

更新日期：2012-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report describing chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) with initial presentation limited to spine, successfully treated by anti-TNF-alpha therapy after failure of conventional treatment methods. OBJECTIVE:To describe an unusual manifestation and treatment of a rare disease. SUMMARY OF...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Marangoni RG,Halpern AS

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The distribution of the lumbar plexus was analyzed using cadavers. OBJECTIVE:To clarify the safety zone to prevent nerve injuries with respect to retroperitoneal endoscopic surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Surgical approaches to the retroperitoneal space vary among surgeons. Recently, retroperitoneal ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Moro T,Kikuchi S,Konno S,Yaginuma H

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain is an extremely complex process that involves the interaction of an array of neurotransmitters and neuromodulators at all levels of the neuraxis. Identification of the receptors and processes that are involved in the transmission of pain at a spinal level has led to the use of new agents and new techniques in pai...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Siddall PJ,Cousins MJ

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective clinical study. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the use of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) as the primary graft material for the surgical treatment of vertebral osteomyelitis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The clinical and radiographic results using allograft, autograft, and v...

journal_title：Spine

authors： O'Shaughnessy BA,Kuklo TR,Ondra SL

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective radiographic and chart review. OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between lumbar total disc replacement (TDR) range of motion (ROM) and clinical outcome at 8.6-year follow-up. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There are no studies on the relationship between TDR motion and clinical outcomes. M...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Huang RC,Girardi FP,Cammisa FP Jr,Lim MR,Tropiano P,Marnay T

更新日期：2005-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The histologic and biomechanic characteristics of posterior lumbar fusion with varying rigidity of a novel internal fixation construct in the rabbit were analyzed. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate this rabbit model for future studies of fusion augmentation. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Previous studies in goats and ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Feighan JE,Stevenson S,Emery SE

更新日期：1995-07-15 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：STUDY DESIGN:An intertester reliability study of the questions and tests recommended in guidelines for the management of low back pain (LBP). OBJECTIVE:This study undertook a reliability study to evaluate the reliability of the items of the LBP clinical examination with a large sample of LBP patients. SUMMARY OF BACK...

journal_title：Spine

authors： McCarthy CJ,Gittins M,Roberts C,Oldham JA

更新日期：2007-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE:To determine the predictive value of the Spinal Instability Neoplastic Score (SINS) in a cohort of patients treated with radiotherapy for spinal bone metastases. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Assessment of spinal stability in metastatic disease is challenging and is mos...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bollen L,Groenen K,Pondaag W,van Rijswijk CSP,Fiocco M,Van der Linden YM,Dijkstra SPD

更新日期：2017-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The effectiveness of Polyactive (Osteotech, Inc., Shrewsbury, NJ), an elastomeric segmental copolymer, as a barrier material for the prevention of perineural scar formation was evaluated in eight adult mongrel dogs. Two animals each were killed at 2, 4, 8, and 12 weeks postoperation. OBJECTIVE:This study ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cook SD,Prewett AB,Dalton JE,Whitecloud TS 3rd

更新日期：1994-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To study possible neurologic complications, five lambs were operated on by sublaminar wiring at the thoracolumbar spine. Monitoring of the central motor pathway was carried out by percutaneous electrostimulation. A comparative anatomic study was designed to compare the magnitude of the spinal canal and the area occupi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Pampliega T,Beguiristain JL,Artieda J

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective study. OBJECTIVE To clarify the characteristics of respiratory dysfunction associated with chronic-onset cervical myelopathy. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:In acute cervical cord injury, respiratory dysfunction, especially vital capacity (VC), is impaired, which causes respiratory complicatio...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ishibe T,Takahashi S

更新日期：2002-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship betewwn compensation and three variables--psychologic disturbance, organic status, and pain report characteristics--was assessed. Patients on compensation were clinically similar to patients not on compensation in the relative frequency of cases of psychologic disturbance and nonorganic findings in ea...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Leavitt F,Garron DC,McNeill TW,Whisler WW

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective observational cohort study. OBJECTIVE:To compare the outcomes of our new technique, distraction arthrodesis of C1-C2 facet joint with C2 root preservation (Study group), to those of conventional C1-C2 fusion with C2 root transection (Control group) for the management of intractable occipital n...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yeom JS,Riew KD,Kang SS,Yi J,Lee GW,Yeom A,Chang BS,Lee CK,Kim HJ

更新日期：2015-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A randomized controlled trial. OBJECTIVE:To investigate feed-forward activation or timing of abdominal muscle activation in response to rapid shoulder flexion after 8 weeks with core stability exercises, sling exercises, or general exercises in chronic nonspecific low back pain (LBP) patients. SUMMARY OF...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Vasseljen O,Unsgaard-Tøndel M,Westad C,Mork PJ

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective case-control study. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to elucidate the association between facet joint orientation and degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (DLSS). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Many studies have demonstrated the relationship between sagittal facet orientation and degenerative lumbar...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Liu X,Zhao X,Long Y,Huang K,Xie D,Wang F,Chen G,Yuan Z,Wang J

更新日期：2018-07-15 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