Risk factors for heterotopic ossification in patients with spinal cord injury: a case-control study of 264 patients.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Forty-four consecutive thoracic idiopathic adolescent curves surgically treated between 1995 and 1999 at one institution were analyzed. All were thoracic curves; there were no lumbar curves, double major curves, or triple major curves. OBJECTIVES:To study the clinical and radiographic results for these 44...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bridwell KH,Hanson DS,Rhee JM,Lenke LG,Baldus C,Blanke K

更新日期：2002-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective, population-based study cross-referencing a genealogic database of over 2 million Utah residents with 10 years of clinical diagnosis data from a large tertiary hospital. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study is to determine the presence or absence of an inherited predisposition to the deve...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Patel AA,Spiker WR,Daubs M,Brodke DS,Cannon-Albright LA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Controlled study to assess the efficacy of aprotinin and Amicar in reducing blood loss during complex spinal fusions. OBJECTIVES:To compare blood loss and the clotting profile with a thromboelastogram in patients with spinal deformities undergoing sequential anterior and posterior spinal fusions treated i...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Urban MK,Beckman J,Gordon M,Urquhart B,Boachie-Adjei O

更新日期：2001-05-15 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:A comparative study was performed in patients with cervical radiculomyelopathy due to soft disc herniation to compare surgical results of laminoplasty with anterior discectomy and arthrodesis. OBJECTIVES:To determine whether posterior decompression without discectomy can be selected for cervical myelopath...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Iwasaki M,Ebara S,Miyamoto S,Wada E,Yonenobu K

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the existence of a motor defect in discogenic sciatica is a sign of severity, the literature does not provide evidence for an immediate requirement for surgery. OBJECTIVE:To assess the course of sciatica with discogenic paresis and to determine possible prognostic factors for recovery or improvemen...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Dubourg G,Rozenberg S,Fautrel B,Valls-Bellec I,Bissery A,Lang T,Faillot T,Duplan B,Briançon D,Levy-Weil F,Morlock G,Crouzet J,Gatfosse M,Bonnet C,Houvenagel E,Hary S,Brocq O,Poiraudeau S,Beaudreuil J,de Sauverzac C

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVES:To compare subjective health complaints in subacute patients with low back pain with reference values from a Norwegian normal population. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Comorbidity is common with nonspecific low back pain. We wanted to investigate if these complaints were sp...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hagen EM,Svensen E,Eriksen HR,Ihlebaek CM,Ursin H

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility, safety, and accuracy of a new robotic system for performing posterior C1-2 transarticular screw fixation for atlantoaxial instability. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:C1-2 transarticular fixation is a reliable procedure. However, the...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Tian W

更新日期：2016-10-01 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:Prospective case series of nine children with early-onset scoliosis (EOS) treated by a single surgeon with a novel implant, the magnet-driven growing rod (MdGR) in a publicly funded health care service accounting for "payer costs" (PC) incurred. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to compare the cost-effe...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Harshavardhana NS,Noordeen MHH,Dormans JP

更新日期：2019-01-01 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:Review article. OBJECTIVE:To explain why the evidence that compensation-related factors lead to worse health outcomes is not compelling, either in general, or in the specific case of whiplash. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There is a common view that compensation-related factors lead to worse health outcome...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Spearing NM,Connelly LB

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring of electrophysiologic function during intrapedicular fixation of the lumbosacral spine can be useful because this fixation technique has been associated with a significant number of postoperative radicular complications. Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) traditionally have been used to monitor neurolog...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Toleikis JR,Carlvin AO,Shapiro DE,Schafer MF

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report. OBJECTIVES:To report primary angiosarcoma of the T8 vertebra, which was successfully managed with en bloc spondylectomy and postoperative chemotherapy. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:To the best of our knowledge, the present case is the first documented example of successful treatment of angiosa...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kawashima H,Ishikawa S,Fukase M,Ogose A,Hotta T

更新日期：2004-07-01 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:Analysis of a prospective, multicenter cohort study. OBJECTIVE:The aim of our study was to compare thresholds of published minimal clinically important differences (MCID) for the three-level EuroQol-5D health survey (EQ-5D-3L) summary index (range -0.53 to 1.00) with our anchor-based estimate and evaluate...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Burgstaller JM,Wertli MM,Ulrich NH,Pichierri G,Brunner F,Farshad M,Porchet F,Steurer J,Gravestock I,LSOS Study Group.

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional and surgical outcomes are reported in two consecutive groups of patients who underwent one- and two-level lumbosacral fusion. The first group underwent standard posterolateral lumbosacral fusion, and the second group underwent lumbosacral fusion with compression U-rod instrumentation. Fusions were carried o...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Grubb SA,Lipscomb HJ

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:T1rho relaxation was quantified and correlated with intervertebral disc degeneration and proteoglycan content in cadaveric human lumbar spine tissue. OBJECTIVE:To show the use of T1rho-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the assessment of degeneration and proteoglycan content in the human interv...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Johannessen W,Auerbach JD,Wheaton AJ,Kurji A,Borthakur A,Reddy R,Elliott DM

更新日期：2006-05-15 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：: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 case is presented with clinical and radiologic follow-up assessment to evaluate the possible effectiveness of tandem interbody fusion grafting. OBJECTIVE:To design a technique for rescuing a long iliac crest bone autograft that is too short or must be shortened because of the undesirable shape some long...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Telfeian AE,Marcotte P

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to investigate the ligaments in the exit zone of lumbar foramen and describe their anatomic relationships with adjacent structures. Few studies have been reported on the ligaments of foramen and the anatomic relationships on the lumbar level. The ligament described in this stu...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Caglar Y YS,Dolgun H,Ugur HC,Kahilogullari G,Tekdemir I,Elhan A

更新日期：2004-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This study combined the evaluation of retrieved total disc replacements (TDRs) with a biomechanical study using human lumbar spines. Thirty-eight CHARITE TDRs were retrieved from 32 patients after 7.3 years average implantation. All implants were removed because of intractable back pain and/or facet degene...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kurtz SM,Patwardhan A,MacDonald D,Ciccarelli L,van Ooij A,Lorenz M,Zindrick M,O'Leary P,Isaza J,Ross R

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A new magnetic resonance image analysis method is proposed which is based on the definition of the borders of the vertebral bodies adjacent to the intervertebral disc and their varying relationships. The reproducibility of this method (the so-called "centroid" method) was assessed by consecutive measuremen...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Boos N,Wallin A,Aebi M,Boesch C

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Observational study. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the publication rate of podium presentations from the Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS) annual meeting and to evaluate the publication rate of award-winning papers from the CSRS annual meeting. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Although various publication rates f...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Okafor L,Frost C,Mesfin A

更新日期：2015-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report. OBJECTIVE:We present a case of isolated primary epidural lumbar Ewing sarcoma and review the current literature on the standard management. We also propose laminoplasty as safe procedure in this patient population that can provide good stabilization in young people. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DAT...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Giner J,Isla A,Cubedo R,Tejerina E

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Basic fibroblast growth factor immunoreactivity was studied in disc herniation tissue. OBJECTIVES:The first objective was to analyze in which tissue components, if any, fibroblast growth factor is expressed in the disc herniation. The second objective was to compare such expression with that in fresh cada...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Tolonen J,Grönblad M,Virri J,Seitsalo S,Rytömaa T,Karaharju E

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate key risk factors for the development of C5 palsy after cervical corpectomy, including resection of the posterior longitudinal ligament (PLL). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Postoperative C5 palsy is a well-known complication after cervical spine surgery. It is unkn...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Nassr A,Aleem IS,Eck JC,Woods B,Ponnappan RK,Donaldson WF 3rd,Kang JD

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:: A formal systematic review of the literature for conservative treatment of adult deformity was performed. OBJECTIVE:: To evaluate evidence for the efficacy and effectiveness of proposed conservative treatment options in adult deformity. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:: Adult deformity is a major demographi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Everett CR,Patel RK

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This longitudinal experimental study was conducted to investigate electrophysiologic characteristics, pain behavior, and histological changes in a rat model of lumbar disc herniation. OBJECTIVE:To observe abnormal spontaneous activity (ASA) on needle electromyography (EMG) and to determine its relation wi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kim SJ,Kim WR,Kim HS,Park HW,Cho YW,Jang SH,Hwang SJ,Ahn SH

更新日期：2011-11-15 00:00:00