Electrochemotherapy to Metastatic Spinal Melanoma: A Novel Treatment of Spinal Metastasis?

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A cross-sectional diagnostic study was conducted in two sessions. OBJECTIVE:To determine and compare the reliability and validity of contraindications to chiropractic treatment (infections, malignancies, inflammatory spondylitis, and spondylolysis-listhesis) detected by chiropractors, chiropractic radiolo...

journal_title：Spine

authors： de Zoete A,Assendelft WJ,Algra PR,Oberman WR,Vanderschueren GM,Bezemer PD

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective analysis of 200 patients requiring cervical disc surgery was performed to determine the frequency of coexistent lumbar disc or spine abnormalities. The duration of follow-up ranged from 5 to 25 years, averaging 14 years. Sixty percent were women and 40% were men, their ages ranging from 25-73 years. An...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Jacobs B,Ghelman B,Marchisello P

更新日期：1990-12-01 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:Anulus fibrosus (AF) cells obtained from patients undergoing surgery were cocultured with macrophage-like cells and production of inflammatory mediators was analyzed by quantitative assay. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the role of macrophages in AF cell production of inflammatory mediators by cytokines stimula...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kim JH,Studer RK,Sowa GA,Vo NV,Kang JD

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A comparison of short-term complications (within 6 months after surgery) between primary combined adult spinal deformity (multilevel scoliosis, kyphosis, fixed coronal-sagittal imbalance) surgeries (n = 18) and combined adult spinal deformity revision surgeries (n = 26). OBJECTIVES:To analyze the short-te...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Linville DA,Bridwell KH,Lenke LG,Vedantam R,Leicht P

更新日期：1999-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report. OBJECTIVE:To describe a rare case of tenosynovial giant cell tumor, diffuse type/pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) in a pars defect in a patient with lumbar spondylolysis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATE:PVNS rarely occurred in lumbar spine, and no studies in the English literature have rep...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kimura T,Nishisho T,Sakai T,Miyagi R,Takao S,Iwamoto S,Higashino K,Takata Y,Goda Y,Toki S,Sairyo K

更新日期：2015-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors carried out successful total sacrectomy in three cases, two with giant cell tumors and one with a chordoma. The anterior and posterior approach is feasible for resecting huge sacral tumors en bloc, but it is important to reconstruct the continuity between the pelvic ring and spinal column using spinal inst...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Tomita K,Tsuchiya H

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The effect of intense local hypothermia was evaluated in a precision model of spinal canal narrowing and spinal cord injury in rats. The spinal cord injury was cooled with a custom cooling well used over the epidural surface. Basso, Beattie, and Bresnahan (BBB) motor scores and transcranial magnetic motor-...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Dimar JR 2nd,Shields CB,Zhang YP,Burke DA,Raque GH,Glassman SD

更新日期：2000-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective study of posterior hemivertebra resection and osteotomies with transpedicular instrumentation in very young children. OBJECTIVE:Assessment of early intervention in congenital scoliosis with almost complete correction of the main deformity. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There is a trend to earl...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ruf M,Jensen R,Letko L,Harms J

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Ninety-six male adult CD-1 mice were randomly divided into sham, spinal cord injury (SCI) + vehicle, and SCI + IPA-3 groups. Expression of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and MMP-9, production of tumor necrosis factors (TNF)-α and interleukin (IL)-1β, tissue edema, blood-spinal cord barrier penetrability,...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ji X,Zhang Y,Zhang L,Chen H,Peng Y,Tang P

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report. OBJECTIVES:To report 2 unusual cases of Pseudomonas aeruginosa epidural abscesses and cervical osteomyelitis after routine dental extractions and to review relevant literature. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a rare cause of cervical osteomyelitis in patients after denta...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Walters HL,Measley R

更新日期：2008-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A study on active cervical range of motion (RoM) in healthy females of different ages. OBJECTIVE:Perform a three-dimensional quantitative analysis of active head-cervical RoM in healthy females to assess the relationship with age. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Age-related variations in active cervical RoM a...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Tommasi DG,Foppiani AC,Galante D,Lovecchio N,Sforza C

更新日期：2009-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The biomechanical evaluation of a cervical spine implant must include flexural and torsional testing if it is used for stabilizing a traumatic unstable motion segment. A cadaveric model is presented that allows flexural and torsional testing of a cervical spine motion segment, measuring the tilting angle, the translat...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ulrich C,Woersdoerfer O,Kalff R,Claes L,Wilke HJ

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:In this study, 330 patients with incapacitating low back pain underwent temporary external transpedicular fixation (TETF) of the lumbosacral spine in a prospective trial. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate TETF as a test for selecting suitable candidates for segmental spinal fusion. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Few stu...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Elmans L,Willems PC,Anderson PG,van Limbeek J,de Kleuver M,van der Schaaf D

更新日期：2005-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Survey, subgroup analysis, Q-analysis, and analysis of e-mail exchanges. OBJECTIVE:To assess what influences the choice of priorities for interventions to prevent back-related disability. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Back-related disability results from interaction of physical, psychological, occupational,...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Guzman J,Jones D,Cassidy JD,Furlan AD,Loisel P,Frank JW

更新日期：2007-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A systematic approach to low-back pain is presented that relies on the classification of patients according to their symptoms. Rational systems of physiotherapy are proposed for each group and incorporated into an algorithmn. One hundred forty-two patients with mechanical low-back pain have been treated, and their res...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Sikorski JM

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been argued that a clarification of the mechanical causes of low-back pain requires a knowledge of the states of stress and strain throughout the lumbo-sacral spine. Since a purely experimental approach cannot provide this information, analytical model studies, to supplement measurements, are called for. In the...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Shirazi-Adl SA,Shrivastava SC,Ahmed AM

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective morphometric population study. OBJECTIVE:To characterize pedicle and spinal canal morphology of the achondroplastic lower thoracic and lumbar vertebrae and to suggest dimensions for improving pedicle screw selection and placement. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Although morphometric population ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Srikumaran U,Woodard EJ,Leet AI,Rigamonti D,Sponseller PD,Ain MC

更新日期：2007-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1981 and 1990, twenty-two patients with incomplete neurologic deficits after thoracolumbar junction fractures were treated by anterior decompression and stabilization. Two patients were unavailable for follow-up examination, eleven underwent spinal canal decompression within 48 hours of injury (Group A); and n...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Clohisy JC,Akbarnia BA,Bucholz RD,Burkus JK,Backer RJ

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Multicenter retrospective study. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to identify specific risk factors for increased length of stay (LOS) in the management of acute surgical site infection (SSI) following spinal surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Postoperative SSI is a serious complication of spinal sur...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yamamoto Y,Shigematsu H,Iwata E,Nakajima H,Tanaka M,Okuda A,Kawasaki S,Suga Y,Masuda K,Tanaka Y

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bernardino Ramazzini was born on October 4, 1633, in the small town of Capri located in the duchy of Modula, Italy. He is credited with establishing the field of occupational medicine during his lifetime. His major contributions came after 1682, when Duke Francesco II of Modena assigned him to establish a medical depa...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Pope MH

更新日期：2004-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Analysis of spine-related patient education materials (PEMs) from subspecialty websites. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to assess the readability of spine-related PEMs and compare to readability data from 2008. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Many spine patients use the Internet for health information. S...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Eltorai AEM,Cheatham M,Naqvi SS,Marthi S,Dang V,Palumbo MA,Daniels AH

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect on the lumbosacral spine of long spinal fusion in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis was studied in 22 patients. The average duration of follow-up was 12.8 years. Corrections of the coronal curves through instrumentation were satisfactory. However, a kyphosis was produced at the fused segment of the lumbar spi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Luk KD,Lee FB,Leong JC,Hsu LC

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The relation between the rib head and the thoracic disc was investigated anatomically. OBJECTIVES:To clarify the necessity of rib head resection in thoracoscopic discectomy using the anterior approach. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:When using the transthoracic anterior approach, the rib head must often be r...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Moro T,Kikuchi S,Konno S

更新日期：2004-08-01 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:Retrospective. OBJECTIVE:Assess the impact of varying severity of BMI on 30-day outcomes following posterior spinal fusions in neuromuscular scoliosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Obesity in the pediatric population is shown to be associated with adverse outcomes across varying specialties. The weight-out...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Malik AT,Tamer R,Yu E,Kim J,Khan SN

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Literature-based topic review. OBJECTIVE:To review the indications and techniques for different sacropelvic fixation methods and to outline important associated complications. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Despite all the advances and new developments in spinal instrumentation techniques, fixation at the lu...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kebaish KM

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Fabrication and characterization of a regenerative intervertebral disc (IVD) cartilaginous endplate (CEP) based on tissue culturing on biomimetic scaffolds. OBJECTIVE:To fabricate a regenerative CEP to support nutrients and metabolites exchange between IVD and the milieu interior. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND D...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yuan D,Chen Z,Zhou Y,Xiao D,Liu K,Xiang X,Deng L,Dong H,Feng G

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Thirty-nine adults and five children with active spinal tuberculosis and resulting kyphosis of the dorsal and lumbar spine who had combined posterior instrumentation and anterior interbody fusion were observed to determine whether the corrected spinal deformity could be maintained until solid fusion. OBJE...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Moon MS,Woo YK,Lee KS,Ha KY,Kim SS,Sun DH

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective cohort study of Cobb angles (CA) and apical vertebral rotations (AVR) in 25 patients who had adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. OBJECTIVE:To assess in vivo the concomitant vertebral derotation occurring with correction of scoliosis deformity as a result of coupling effect by using the fulcrum ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Luk KD,Cheung WY,Wong Y,Cheung KM,Wong YW,Samartzis D

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00