The factors that play a role in the decision-making process of adult deformity patients.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case series of adults with surgical treatment for adult idiopathic thoracolumbar and/or lumbar scoliosis, low back pain, and spinal stenosis was studied. OBJECTIVE:To assess pain relief, curve correction, and complications after combined procedures consisting of decompression, spine fusion, and stabiliz...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Shapiro GS,Taira G,Boachie-Adjei O

更新日期：2003-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Immunohistological and behavioral analysis of the effect of a tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) inhibitor in an injured-nerve model. OBJECTIVE:To examine the effect of direct application of a TNF-alpha inhibitor (etanercept) on injured-nerve pain caused by nucleus pulposus. SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND D...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Norimoto M,Ohtori S,Yamashita M,Inoue G,Yamauchi K,Koshi T,Suzuki M,Orita S,Eguchi Y,Sugiura A,Ochiai N,Takaso M,Takahashi K

更新日期：2008-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Systematic review. OBJECTIVE:To perform a systematic review of the available literature for those studies that evaluated the role of whole-body vibration (WBV) on the spine, using imaging modalities as well as an estimation of WBV exposure. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Numerous comparative studies have rep...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bible JE,Choemprayong S,O'Neill KR,Devin CJ,Spengler DM

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A study was performed to measure the vertebral body depths in different locations from C2 to C7. OBJECTIVES:To measure the vertebral body depths in 10 linear dimension from C2 to C7. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Anterior plate-screw fixation of the cervical spine has been the common surgical procedure for ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ebraheim NA,Fow J,Xu R,Yeasting RA

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Evaluation of results a longer than 10-year follow-up of patients with upper cervical lesions due to rheumatoid arthritis who underwent occipitocervical fusion. OBJECTIVE:To determine the final outcome of patients with upper cervical lesions due to rheumatoid arthritis treated by occipitocervical fusion. ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Matsunaga S,Ijiri K,Koga H

更新日期：2000-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective database analysis. OBJECTIVE:To determine C2 fracture patterns associated with vertebral artery injury (VAI) as assessed by computed tomography angiography. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The incidence of C2 fracture hospitalizations has increased significantly in the last decade. The vertebral...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Durand D,Wu X,Kalra VB,Abbed KM,Malhotra A

更新日期：2015-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective double-blind randomized trial in 31 patients. OBJECTIVES:To assess the clinical efficacy of percutaneous radiofrequency denervation of the lumbar zygapophysial joints in reducing pain, functional disability, and physical impairment in patients with back pain originating from the lumbar zygap...

journal_title：Spine

authors： van Kleef M,Barendse GA,Kessels A,Voets HM,Weber WE,de Lange S

更新日期：1999-09-15 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:Fifty-two practices in the East Midlands, United Kingdom, were included. OBJECTIVES:To test the hypothesis that referral for lumbar spine radiography is cost-effective in primary care patients with low back pain of at least 6 weeks' duration compared with usual care in which referral is not routine. SUMM...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Miller P,Kendrick D,Bentley E,Fielding K

更新日期：2002-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An in vivo study was designed to compare the efficacy of biomimetic magnesium-hydroxyapatite (MgHA) and of human demineralized bone matrix (HDBM), both dispersed in a mixture of biomimetic MgHA nanoparticles, with that of an autologous bone graft. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to evaluate 2 ne...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bròdano GB,Giavaresi G,Lolli F,Salamanna F,Parrilli A,Martini L,Griffoni C,Greggi T,Arcangeli E,Pressato D,Boriani S,Fini M

更新日期：2014-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case of intradural venous varix producing a mass-like lesion in the lumbar spine is reported. OBJECTIVE:To present a rare cause of an intradural mass lesion along the cauda equina. To present radiologic findings of this entity and to offer a hypothesis for its formation. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Epid...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Moonis G,Hurst RW,Simon SL,Zager EL

更新日期：2003-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective randomized study to compare the efficacy of facet joint injection with lidocaine and facet joint injection with saline in two groups of patients with low back pain, with and without clinical criteria that were determined in a previous study to implicate the facet joint as the primary source of ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Revel M,Poiraudeau S,Auleley GR,Payan C,Denke A,Nguyen M,Chevrot A,Fermanian J

更新日期：1998-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A comparative evaluation of outcome instruments and global assessment was performed. OBJECTIVE:To test patient global assessment as a substitute for the use of more comprehensive outcome instruments in treatment trials of chronic low back pain. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Treatment outcome can be measured...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hägg O,Fritzell P,Odén A,Nordwall A,Swedish Lumbar Spine Study Group.

更新日期：2002-06-01 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:Patients with cervicobrachial pain were examined in detail with special attention to vertebral artery loop formation. OBJECTIVES:To determine the incidence, short-time natural course and response to a conservative approach to vertebral artery loop formation in a group of patients with cervicobrachial pain...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Paksoy Y,Levendoglu FD,Ogün CO,Ustün ME,Ogün TC

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Randomized controlled trial. OBJECTIVES:To compare high- and low-intensity back schools with usual care in occupational health care. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The content and intensity of back schools vary widely and the methodologic quality of randomized controlled trials is generally weak. Until now, ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Heymans MW,de Vet HC,Bongers PM,Knol DL,Koes BW,van Mechelen W

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A genetic association study of estrogen receptor 2 gene (ESR2) polymorphisms in idiopathic scoliosis (IS). OBJECTIVE:To investigate association of the ESR2 polymorphisms with either predisposition to or progression of IS in Central European population. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:In ESR2 the rs1256120 pol...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kotwicki T,Janusz P,Andrusiewicz M,Chmielewska M,Kotwicka M

更新日期：2014-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review. OBJECTIVE:To determine the perioperative complications for patients undergoing single stage, multilevel, anterior, and posterior cervical fusions crossing the cervico-thoracic junction. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Cervical spinal stenosis with kyphosis involving 3 or more disc levels...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hart RA,Tatsumi RL,Hiratzka JR,Yoo JU

更新日期：2008-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A biomechanical study on a pneumatically controlled 7-axis spine simulator using Delron and human cadaveric spine models. OBJECTIVES:To compare the biomechanical properties of an anterior cervical extension plate with comparable-length anterior cervical plates. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Adjacent-level a...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Fassett DR,Apfelbaum R,Clark R,Bachus KN,Brodke DS

更新日期：2005-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The effect of degenerative spondylolisthesis on functional performance and self reported quality of life in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis was compared to patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and no degenerative spondylolisthesis. OBJECTIVE:To define the relationship degenerative spondylolisthesis s...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Drury T,Ames SE,Costi K,Beynnon B,Hall J

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This study examined the coactivation of trunk flexor and extensor muscles in healthy individuals. The experimental electromyographic data and the theoretical calculations were analyzed in the context of mechanical stability of the lumbar spine. OBJECTIVES:To test a set of hypotheses pertaining to healthy ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cholewicki J,Panjabi MM,Khachatryan A

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review and prospective validation study. OBJECTIVE:To develop a classification system of lumbar lateral listhesis that suggests different likelihoods of having radiculopathy in adult scoliosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The association of lumbar lateral listhesis with radiculopathy remains...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kleimeyer JP,Liu N,Hu SS,Cheng I,Alamin T,Grottkau BE,Kukreja S,Wood KB

更新日期：2019-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The effect of an EP1 receptor antagonist on pain-related behavior induced by nucleus pulposus (NP) applied to the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) in rats was investigated. OBJECTIVE:We investigated pain-related behavior, the amount of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), and neural damage to the DRG after application of N...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Sekiguchi M,Otoshi K,Kikuchi S,Konno S

更新日期：2011-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Various techniques of percutaneous lumbar disc surgery have become popular for treating lumbar disc herniations. There is a vast and increasing body of literature on this topic that consists mainly of retrospective, uncontrolled clinical studies, technical articles, and case reports. A literature analysis revealed two...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Mayer HM

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-three patients with unstable burst fractures of the lower thoracic and lumbar spine were treated with a reduction-fixation system. The new system is used both as a reduction and a fixation device for disorders of the lower thoracic and lumbar spine. In treatment of spinal fractures, it provides symmetric lordot...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Chang KW

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective analysis of a case series was performed. OBJECTIVE:To describe a novel technique to monitor femoral nerve function by analyzing the saphenous nerve somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) during transpsoas surgical exposures of the lumbar spine. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:During transpsoas ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Silverstein J,Mermelstein L,DeWal H,Basra S

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Rabbits were used as an experimental model in the study of motor-evoked potentials. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effect of nitrous oxide on motor-evoked potentials while monitoring direct muscle and spinal cord responses. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Motor-evoked potential monitoring provides a promising too...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Zentner J,Thees C,Pechstein U,Scheufler KM,Würker J,Nadstawek J

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:In vitro study to determine occupational radiation exposure during lumbar fluoroscopy. OBJECTIVES:To assess radiation exposure to the spine surgeon during fluoroscopically assisted thoracolumbar pedicle screw placement. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Occupational radiation exposure during a variety of fluoro...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Rampersaud YR,Foley KT,Shen AC,Williams S,Solomito M

更新日期：2000-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional study to evaluate the thoracic and lumbar spine in patients with diastrophic dysplasia (DD). OBJECTIVES:To find the causative factors behind the spinal deformities and restricted mobility of the spine. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Typical findings in this skeletal dysplasia are short-limbed...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Remes V,Tervahartiala P,Poussa M,Peltonen J

更新日期：2001-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This case report illustrates a patient with arachnoiditis ossificans of the cauda equina of sufficient severity to be demonstrable on a computed tomography scout view. OBJECTIVES:The diagnosis of extensive arachnoiditis ossificans by computed tomography does not necessitate surgical intervention. The auth...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ng P,Lorentz I,Soo YS

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00