Automatic Cobb angle determination from radiographic images.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This was a population-based retrospective study. OBJECTIVE:To fully estimate the costs of the Hong Kong scoliosis screening program through a large, population-based study. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:School screening for scoliosis has often been criticized for having high costs. In fact, the screening co...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lee CF,Fong DY,Cheung KM,Cheng JC,Ng BK,Lam TP,Mak KH,Yip PS,Luk KD

更新日期：2010-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Clinical trial (phase II). OBJECTIVES:To assess the feasibility and safety of balloon vertebroplasty after posterior short-segment reduction and fixation for the treatment of traumatic burst fractures. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Hardware failure and loss of reduction after posterior short-segment instrum...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Verlaan JJ,Dhert WJ,Verbout AJ,Oner FC

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Using a rat spondylosis model, the distributions of cells expressing the basic fibroblast growth factor and its receptor were investigated in normal and degenerated intervertebral discs. Cell-proliferating activity in degenerated discs was also assessed. OBJECTIVES:This study was conducted to determine wh...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Nagano T,Yonenobu K,Miyamoto S,Tohyama M,Ono K

更新日期：1995-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review of a multicenter, prospective adult spinal deformity (ASD) database. OBJECTIVE:We hypothesized that increased age and increased preoperative disability would negatively impact both the length of time needed to achieve maximal recovery and the amount of functional improvement achieved....

journal_title：Spine

authors： Scheer JK,Mundis GM,Klineberg E,Hart RA,Deviren V,Nguyen S,Protopsaltis TS,Gupta M,Bess S,Shaffrey CI,Schwab F,Lafage V,Smith JS,Ames CP,International Spine Study Group (ISSG).

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:In this study, normal intervertebral disc (IVD) tissues and degenerative human IVD tissues were compared for presence of fibronectin (FN) mRNA splice variants and for FN fragments (FN-f). OBJECTIVE:To further understand FN RNA splice forms and protein fragments in disc degeneration. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Anderson DG,Markova D,Adams SL,Pacifici M,An HS,Zhang Y

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE:The aims of this study were to (1) compare patient and procedure-specific characteristics among those who had short versus long hospital stays and (2) identify independent risk factors that may correlate with extended length of hospital stay (LOS) in patients with ado...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Sultan AA,Berger RJ,Cantrell WA,Samuel LT,Ramanathan D,Churchill J,Minkara AA,Golubovsky J,Bachour S,Pasadyn S,Karnuta JM,Tamer P,Kuivila TE,Gurd DP,Goodwin RC

更新日期：2019-05-15 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：:Chylothorax as a complication of anterior thoracic spine fusion is described in the case of a male with congenital kyphosis. Treatment with protracted chest tube drainage was required, along with dietary modification in which fat ingestion was restricted. This complication is reported to occur in 0.2% of intrathoracic...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Colletta AJ,Mayer PJ

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective database analysis. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate outcomes of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patients after cervical spine surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Highly active antiretroviral medications have qualitatively altered the natural history of HIV, thus increasing the number of HI...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lovy AJ,Guzman JZ,Skovrlj B,Cho SK,Hecht AC,Qureshi SA

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective longitudinal study of patients attending a back pain triage clinic with night pain. OBJECTIVE:To assess the importance of the symptom of night pain in patients attending a back pain triage clinic. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The 1994 US Agency for Health Care Policy and Research guidelines sug...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Harding IJ,Davies E,Buchanan E,Fairbank JT

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective study of patients undergoing palliative surgery for metastatic spinal tumors. OBJECTIVE:To investigate short-term functional recovery and duration of improvement after palliative surgery, to correlate these outcomes with the revised Tokuhashi score, and to examine the relationship between ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yamashita T,Aota Y,Kushida K,Murayama H,Hiruma T,Takeyama M,Iwamura Y,Saito T

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report and clinical discussion. OBJECTIVE:To describe a rare case of metastatic pulmonary intimal sarcoma presenting as cauda equine syndrome. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Pulmonary artery sarcoma is a rare tumor, frequently misdiagnosed as pulmonary embolism, and although it is highly aggressive, met...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Rashid A,Molloy S,Lehovsky J,Tirabosco R,Hughes R,Butt S

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective study. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the treatment of odontoid fractures combined with lower cervical spinal injury. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Odontoid fractures combined with a lower cervical spinal injury are rarely reported in the literature and their incidence and characteristics are not ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Li F,Chen Q,Xu K

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective single blinded placebo controlled study was conducted. OBJECTIVE:To assess the effectiveness of spinal manipulation therapy (SMT) for the management of chronic nonspecific low back pain (LBP) and to determine the effectiveness of maintenance SMT in long-term reduction of pain and disability ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Senna MK,Machaly SA

更新日期：2011-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:retrospective review. OBJECTIVE:to determine if Anterior/Posterior Combined approach spine surgery is associated with an increased risk of pulmonary embolism (PE) compared to Posterior Only approach surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:combined anterior/posterior approach spine surgery is associated with ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kim HJ,Kepler C,Cunningham M,Rawlins B,Boachie-Adjei O

更新日期：2011-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Surgeon- and patient-based (SF-36) outcome measures were used to assess the results of decompressive laminectomies for the excision of synovial cysts with coexistent lumbar spinal stenosis (45 patients) or for synovial cysts with coexistent lumbar stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis (35 patients). ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Epstein NE

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Load sharing in stabilized spinal segments was evaluated using sequential injury and stabilization with a posterior instrumentation system under an in vitro flexibility protocol. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the partitioning of applied loads between anatomic and implanted structures of lumbar functional spinal un...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cripton PA,Jain GM,Wittenberg RH,Nolte LP

更新日期：2000-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective trial. OBJECTIVE:To perform a precise anatomical study of the presacral space and to examine the approach safety of AxiaLIF (axial lumbar interbody fusion) in an anatomical aspect. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:AxiaLIF is a novel, minimally invasive surgery. Though there were a few clinical repo...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Li X,Zhang Y,Hou Z,Wu T,Ding Z

更新日期：2012-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report OBJECTIVE.: To report a case of foreign body mimicking spinal tumor. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Gossypiboma or more broadly retained foreign object is a surgical complication resulting from foreign materials such as cotton or gauze pads and surgical sponge, accidentally left inside a patient's...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Meshkini A,Salehpour F,Rezakhah A,Mirzaei F,Kazemzadeh M,Naseri Alavi SA

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Experimental study. OBJECTIVES:To compare two devices for measuring cervical range of motion, a three-dimensional ultrasound motion device (Zebris) and a gravity-reference goniometer (Myrin). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Assessment of cervical range of motion is used to evaluate the effect of different tre...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Malmström EM,Karlberg M,Melander A,Magnusson M

更新日期：2003-11-01 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：:The standing heights of 40 children with scoliosis and 110 persons from their immediate families were compared with those of a group of 349 contemporary control subjects. Skeletal bone ages and puberty ratings did not differ from normal, but the children with scoliosis were found to be significantly taller than the co...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Carr AJ,Jefferson RJ,Turner-Smith AR

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective comparative cohort study. OBJECTIVE:Examine the impact of multilevel fusion on return to work (RTW) status and compare RTW status after multi- versus single-level cervical fusion for patients with work-related injury. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Patients with work-related injuries in the wor...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Faour M,Anderson JT,Haas AR,Percy R,Woods ST,Ahn UM,Ahn NU

更新日期：2017-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective series of 15 consecutive adult patients with spinal deformity who underwent endoscopic transthoracic release with simultaneous posterior instrumentation while positioned prone. OBJECTIVES:To describe the technique and clinical results of endoscopic transthoracic release performed with the pa...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lieberman IH,Salo PT,Orr RD,Kraetschmer B

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Experimental study using an in vitro model of compressive injury to isolated adult rat dorsal column axons. OBJECTIVES:To examine the role of extracellular Na+ (Na+e) in mediating secondary injury to spinal cord axons after compressive trauma. The mechanisms of intracellular sodium entry were examined usi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Fehlings MG,Agrawal S

更新日期：1995-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective clinical study. OBJECTIVE:To quantitatively evaluate impairment of postural stability in patients with cervical myelopathy. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Proprioceptive sensation plays an important role in coordinated movement of the lower extremities and postural stability. Nevertheless, alth...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yoshikawa M,Doita M,Okamoto K,Manabe M,Sha N,Kurosaka M

更新日期：2008-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:To determine the effect of cage/spacer stiffness on the stresses in the bone graft and cage subsidence. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of cage stiffness on the biomechanics of the fused segment in the lumbar region using finite element analysis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There are a wide variety of...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Vadapalli S,Sairyo K,Goel VK,Robon M,Biyani A,Khandha A,Ebraheim NA

更新日期：2006-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective cohort. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate changes in bone mineral density (BMD) in the intertransverse fusion mass as representative for the process of bone remodeling after spinal fusion. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Intertransverse bone graft is frequently applied to facilit...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hagenmaier F,Kok D,Hol A,Rijnders T,Oner FC,van Susante JL

更新日期：2013-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The lumbar vertebral canal was measured in two cohorts of 10-year-old children (n = 161) using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and compared with obstetric records. OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether there are identifiable obstetric factors that determine the size of the lumbar vertebral canal. SUMMARY OF ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Jeffrey JE,Campbell DM,Golden MH,Smith FW,Porter RW

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of partial chest wall resection on subsequent production of spinal deformity was studied in six pediatric patients. The following observations are made: Scoliosis secondary to chest wall resection in the pediatric age group is progressive. The degree of curvature is related to the number of ribs resected. A...

journal_title：Spine

authors： DeRosa GP

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00