Metastatic pancreatic endocrine tumor presenting as thoracic spinal cord compression.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This is a report of a prospective case series. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to determine whether evoked potential activity recorded from occipital scalp electrodes in humans is similar to that recorded in animals, and to evaluate the independence of this activity from the classical somatosensor...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hurlbert RJ,Fehlings MG,Moncada MS

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The biomechanical, histopathologic, and histomorphometric characteristics of cervical disc replacement were assessed in a caprine animal model. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the biomechanical, porous ingrowth, and histopathologic characteristics of the Porous Coated Motion (PCM) Cervical Disc replacement (Cerv...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hu N,Cunningham BW,McAfee PC,Kim SW,Sefter JC,Cappuccino A,Pimenta L

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Subgroup analysis of a prospective multicenter study. OBJECTIVE:Outcome analysis of nonoperatively treated elderly patients with type II odontoid fractures, including assessment of consequence of a fracture nonunion. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Odontoid fractures are among the most common fractures in the...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Smith JS,Kepler CK,Kopjar B,Harrop JS,Arnold P,Chapman JR,Fehlings MG,Vaccaro AR,Shaffrey CI

更新日期：2013-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study of 13,927 patients, 820 of whom received iliac crest bone graft (ICBG). OBJECTIVE:To compare adverse events, length of stay (LOS), and readmission for patients receiving ICBG with those who did not using multivariate analysis to control for potentially confounding factors. SUMM...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Gruskay JA,Basques BA,Bohl DD,Webb ML,Grauer JN

更新日期：2014-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective randomized study. OBJECTIVES:To compare two support systems for positioning patients during microdiscectomy (i.e., prone on a modified Relton-Hall spine support vs. knee-chest position on an Andrews-type table) regarding their effects on intra-abdominal pressure and surgical bleeding. SUMMARY...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Rigamonti A,Gemma M,Rocca A,Messina M,Bignami E,Beretta L

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective study. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to examine motor and sensory impairments of the lower extremities after L2 nerve root transection during total en bloc spondylectomy (TES) for spinal tumors. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:At our institute, for TES at L3 to L5 lumbar levels, the ne...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kato S,Murakami H,Demura S,Ota T,Takahashi N,Yoshioka K,Shinmura K,Yokogawa N,Kawahara N,Tomita K,Tsuchiya H

更新日期：2019-08-15 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

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case series of idiopathic scoliosis patients treated with thoracoscopic anterior instrumentation was compared to a similar group of patients treated by open anterior instrumentation. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the morbidity associated with thoracoscopic instrumentation compared to the open approach for thor...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Newton PO,Marks M,Faro F,Betz R,Clements D,Haher T,Lenke L,Lowe T,Merola A,Wenger D

更新日期：2003-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fracture and fracture-dislocations of the cervical spine are serious injuries that rarely go undiagnosed. A case report of a bilateral facet dislocation with anterior displacement is presented that went undiagnosed and untreated, and healed without neurologic sequelae. No previous similar reports are known. ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Thompson GH,Hohl M

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A normative, single-group study was conducted. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the flexion relaxation phenomenon in the thoraco-lumbopelvic muscles among a pain-free population when moving from an upright to a slump sitting posture. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The presence of the flexion relaxation phenomenon (F...

journal_title：Spine

authors： O'Sullivan P,Dankaerts W,Burnett A,Chen D,Booth R,Carlsen C,Schultz A

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This is a retrospective analysis of 30 pediatric deformity surgeries. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of neuromonitoring in comparison to postoperative computed tomography scans for pedicle screw position. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Triggered electromyography potentials i...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Duffy MF,Phillips JH,Knapp DR,Herrera-Soto JA

更新日期：2010-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review of medical records. OBJECTIVE:To describe pre- and postoperative ambulatory status and lower limb motor power, and compare characteristics of patients with metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC) who were ambulatory at 48 hours postoperatively with those of patients with MSCC who we...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Park JH,Jeon SR

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Randomized, controlled study. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of infliximab on herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP) resorption. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Although the effects of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) on HNP resorption are not fully understood, TNF-alpha appears to be an essential mediator...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Autio RA,Karppinen J,Niinimäki J,Ojala R,Veeger N,Korhonen T,Hurri H,Tervonen O

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Fifty-seven patients with dens fractures were identified from 1986 to 1996 at the authors' institution. Forty-six were available for reevaluation by two independent observers with a mean follow-up period of 26 months. OBJECTIVE:To determine by age and fracture type which treatment regimen provided the bes...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Seybold EA,Bayley JC

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective database study. OBJECTIVE:We sought to identify trends in demographics, comorbidities, and postoperative complications among patients undergoing ACDF and PLF. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:As demand for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) and posterior lumbar fusion (PLF) surgery co...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wilson LA,Fiasconaro M,Liu J,Bekeris J,Poeran J,Kim DH,Girardi F,Sama A,Memtsoudis SG

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This is a biomechanical study using sheep thoracic spine to investigate the probability of mechanical failure of the thoracic spine with various sizes or locations of tumor metastasis. OBJECTIVE:The objectives of this study were to investigate biomechanical effects of not only tumor sizes within the thora...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ebihara H,Ito M,Abumi K,Taneichi H,Kotani Y,Minami A,Kaneda K

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Observational study of patients with scoliosis and matched controls. OBJECTIVES:To determine the validity and reliability of the modified Scoliosis Research Society Outcomes Instrument (SRS-22) for use in the assessment of deformity in adults. To demonstrate the discriminate validity of the SRS-22 in diff...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Berven S,Deviren V,Demir-Deviren S,Hu SS,Bradford DS

更新日期：2003-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of thoracic chordoma successfully treated with surgical excision is reported and described. Thoracic chordomata presenting as posterior superior mediastinal tumors occur infrequently and may be highly malignant lesions. Early radical surgery through thoracotomy provide the best hope of cure, and radiation offer...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cotler HB,Cotler JM,Cohn HE,Israel HI,Gartland JJ

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This was a cadaver study assessing the accuracy of cervical pedicle screw placement. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the accuracy of the funnel technique of screw placement. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Although excellent results have been reported in clinical studies, with no major neurovascular injuries, several c...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Karaikovic EE,Yingsakmongkol W,Gaines RW Jr

更新日期：2001-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This study developed and independently applied a spine tumor classification system, referred to as the Weinstein-Boriani-Biagini system, in a retrospective analysis of a series of patients with spinal giant cell tumors from three institutions. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate factors of potential prognostic signific...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hart RA,Boriani S,Biagini R,Currier B,Weinstein JN

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective case cohort series. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the outcomes of thoracoscopy in the surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Traditionally, progressive idiopathic scoliosis has been treated surgically with either an open posterior, anterior, or combined sur...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Norton RP,Patel D,Kurd MF,Picetti GD,Vaccaro AR

更新日期：2007-11-15 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：: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：:The relation between improvement of myelopathy achieved by surgery and postoperative spinal cord morphologic changes was investigated by magnetic resonance imaging in 51 patients with cervical myelopathy. In 22 patients, the cord indentation disappeared completely (Type I), in 23 it partially disappeared (Type II), an...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Harada A,Mimatsu K

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delayed CT Myelography (CTM) demonstrated intramedullary cavities in 18 patients, most of which appeared on the 6-hour scan. The attenuation values of the normal spinal cord increased progressively with time, and recorded a peak at 6 hours. The CT numbers of the gray matter of metrizamide were significantly high, as c...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ikata T,Masaki K,Kashiwaguchi S

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This case study describes the usefulness of high-resolution 18F-2-fluoro-deoxy-D-glucose (18FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET) for metabolic neuroimaging of the cervical spinal cord in patients with compressive myelopathy. OBJECTIVE:To examine whether 18FDG-PET imaging could visualize deterioration o...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Baba H,Uchida K,Sadato N,Yonekura Y,Kamoto Y,Maezawa Y,Furusawa N,Abe Y

更新日期：1999-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVE:To assess the inter- and intraobserver reliability of thoracic, spino-pelvic, and rod lengthening measurements made on biplanar spinal stereoradiography (EOS imaging) in children treated with magnetically controlled growing rod (MCGR). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:MCGR trea...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Obid P,Yiu KKL,Cheung KM,Kwan K,Ruf M,Cheung JPY

更新日期：2018-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective, case-control, matched cohort. OBJECTIVE:Compare the radiographic and clinical outcomes of adult spinal deformity patients treated with thoracic pedicle screw (TPS) or thoracic hook constructs. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The efficacy of TPS instrumentation for pediatric spinal deformity cor...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bess RS,Lenke LG,Bridwell KH,Cheh G,Mandel S,Sides B

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Experimental animal study. OBJECTIVES:This study evaluates the in vitro and in vivo transduction efficacy and transgene expression in immune competent and pre-exposed rabbits. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Degenerative disc disease (DDD) continues to pose a substantial clinical problem. Therapeutic options ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lattermann C,Oxner WM,Xiao X,Li J,Gilbertson LG,Robbins PD,Kang JD

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to identify associations between abnormal coagulation profile and postoperative morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing posterior lumbar fusion (PLF). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The literature suggests that abnormal coagulation prof...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bronheim RS,Oermann EK,Cho SK,Caridi JM

更新日期：2017-06-15 00:00:00