MRI-Guided Stereotactic System for Delivery of Intraspinal Microstimulation.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Immunohistochemistry for tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and protein gene product (PGP) 9.5 in vertebral endplates of patients with discogenic low back pain and Modic Type 1 or Type 2 endplate changes on MRI. OBJECTIVES:To examine whether inflammatory cytokines and nerve in-growth into the vertebral endplate ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ohtori S,Inoue G,Ito T,Koshi T,Ozawa T,Doya H,Saito T,Moriya H,Takahashi K

更新日期：2006-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Four cases of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging documented lumbar nerve root compression associated with a vacuum disc communicating with the epidural space are presented. OBJECTIVE:To give an insight into the mechanism of nerve root compression associated with vacuum disc phenomenon. SU...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kakitsubata Y,Theodorou SJ,Theodorou DJ,Yuko M,Ito Y,Yuki Y,Wada S,Maehara T

更新日期：2009-10-01 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:Review article. OBJECTIVES:To review the medical literature and comprehensively discuss the management of bladder and sexual dysfunction after spinal cord injury. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The physiologic alterations that accompany spinal cord injury can lead to significant bladder and sexual dysfunctio...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Burns AS,Rivas DA,Ditunno JF

更新日期：2001-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Carotid artery blood flow was measured in 15 patients undergoing anterior cervical spine surgery. OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of intraoperative retraction on carotid artery flow dynamics. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Adequate surgical exposure for anterior cervical discectomy and fusion necessitates ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Pollard ME,Little PW

更新日期：2002-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report. OBJECTIVE:The authors present a case of atypical Burkitt's lymphoma with multiple epidural involvements. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Spinal cord compression in children is an emergency that requires urgent attention to minimize neurologic dysfunction. Although it is not life-threatening in mo...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Matsubara H,Watanabe K,Sakai H,Chang H,Fujino H,Higashi Y,Kobayashi M,Adachi S,Seto S,Nakahata T

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective review of insurance claim files was conducted to compare the costs of chemonucleolysis with surgical discectomy. Twenty-nine surgeons performed 61 chemonucleolysis procedures and 44 surgical discectomies on SAIF (State Accident Insurance Fund, Inc.--a major Oregon workers' compensation insurance compan...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Norton WL

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Examination of ADAMTS-4 expression, and cellular lineages, distribution, and numbers of ADAMTS-4 (aggrecanase-1) expressing cells in herniated lumbar intervertebral discs. OBJECTIVE:To determine the expression of ADAMTS-4, a metalloproteinase capable of digesting aggrecan, and its role in herniated lumbar...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hatano E,Fujita T,Ueda Y,Okuda T,Katsuda S,Okada Y,Matsumoto T

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The height development during childhood and puberty was analyzed in 54 girls with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis by the use of the Infancy Childhood Puberty growth model, which is based on healthy Swedish children. This model adjusts adolescent reference values for height for individual age at pubertal maturation. Th...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hägglund G,Karlberg J,Willner S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Human intervertebral disc tissue from the annulus was obtained in a prospective study investigating the ultrastructural features of disc cells and extracellular matrix. Experimental studies were approved by the authors' Human Subjects Institutional Review Board. Discs were obtained from surgical specimens ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Gruber HE,Hanley EN Jr

更新日期：2002-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective and consecutive study of surgical results obtained during serial follow-up investigations in patients who underwent surgery for central lumbar spinal stenosis. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the result after surgical decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis, at regular intervals after surgery, and t...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Jönsson B,Annertz M,Sjöberg C,Strömqvist B

更新日期：1997-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Experimental animal study. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether corticosteroids produce additional benefit to nerve root infiltration (NRI) for experimental lumbar disc herniation. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:NRI is used for nonsurgical treatment of radicular symptoms caused by lumbar disc herniation or lumbar ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Tachihara H,Sekiguchi M,Kikuchi S,Konno S

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A three-dimensional study of the thoracic pedicle (T1-T12) morphometry in Chinese patients with different body height, using reformatted computed tomography (CT). OBJECTIVE:To quantify the dimensions of the thoracic pedicles and to analyze the relationship between body height and thoracic pedicle paramete...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Zhuang Z,Chen Y,Han H,Cai S,Wang X,Qi W,Kong K

更新日期：2011-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Test reactivity is the based on the idea that experience with a test may affect performance on subsequent tests, independent of what the test purports to measure. The reactivity of a test of lift capacity was studied in a single-blind randomized clinical trial was studied in a single-blind randomized clini...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Matheson LN,Mooney V,Holmes D,Leggett S,Grant JE,Negri S,Holmes B

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective assessment of 12 patients with pyogenic spondylitis accompanied by iliopsoas abscess treated by continuous irrigation with our new method between March 2003 and July 2005. OBJECTIVES:To present our method of treatment and to evaluate outcomes of 12 patients undergoing it. SUMMARY OF BACKG...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Tofuku K,Koga H,Yone K,Komiya S

更新日期：2007-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective review of a case of coccygodynia caused by a previously unreported coccygeal morphology. OBJECTIVES:To draw attention to a previously undiagnosed pathology. BACKGROUND:This case adds to the recently described variants of coccygeal anatomy. METHODS:The authors present the case of a 42-yea...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Dennell LV,Nathan S

更新日期：2004-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective database analysis. OBJECTIVE:A range of patient-reported outcomes were used to measure disability due to low back pain. There is not a single back pain disability measurement commonly used in all randomized controlled trials. We report here our assessment as to whether different disability m...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Morris T,Hee SW,Stallard N,Underwood M,Patel S

更新日期：2015-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether classification of increased signal intensity (ISI) on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of spinal cord in patients with cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (C-OPLL) reflects severity of myelopathy and surgical outcome. SUM...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ito K,Imagama S,Ito K,Ito Z,Ando K,Kobayashi K,Hida T,Tsushima M,Ishikawa Y,Matsumoto A,Machino M,Nishida Y,Ishiguro N,Kato F

更新日期：2017-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A type of bilateral laminotomy with discectomy for segmental lumbar discogenic disease is presented. The procedure includes wide bilateral decompressive laminotomies and radical partial discectomies, partial V-ostectomy of the adjacent spinous processes, partial facetectomies of the inferior and superior articular pro...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Herron LD,Pheasant HC

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case of destructive spondyloarthropathy was reported. OBJECTIVES:To describe the rapid destruction of intervertebral disc and vertebral body as a consequence of destructive spondyloarthropathy in a patients with end-stage renal disease receiving hemodialysis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:An important fac...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Chow KM,Griffith JF,Fung KY,Szeto CC

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report. OBJECTIVE:We report on the device failure of a polyetherether-ketone expandable cage device with posterior migration of one of its components. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Posterior migration of transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion cage devices has been reported with static devices, and ou...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kim PD,Baron EM,Levesque M

更新日期：2012-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Preliminary report of new antitumor treatment. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effectiveness of electrochemotherapy as a novel treatment of spinal metastasis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Electrochemotherapy is a new antitumor treatment that combines systemic bleomycin with electric pulses delivered locally at t...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Gasbarrini A,Campos WK,Campanacci L,Boriani S

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen cervical spines from cadavers were used to compare the rotational and translational stability of the Brooks fusion, a fusion construct using Halifax interlaminar clamps, and the Gallie fusion. The Brooks and Halifax clamp constructs exhibited significantly greater rotational and translational stiffness than th...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hajek PD,Lipka J,Hartline P,Saha S,Albright JA

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Animal experimental study. OBJECTIVE:Evaluate the effect of physical activity and overtraining condition on glycosaminoglycan concentration on the intervertebral disc (IVD) using a rat running model. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Some guidelines recommend the implementation of a physical exercise program as...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ueta RHS,Tarini VAF,Franciozi CES,Tamaoki MJS,Medeiros VP,Nader HB,Faloppa F

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical features of many cases of low back pain is inadequately explained by anatomic abnormalities alone. A pathophysiologic mechanism that includes a combination of mechanical and biochemical factors is an alternative explanation that is accompanied by less paradox than a purely structural paradigm. A potential...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Saal JS

更新日期：1995-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:In this prospective study, the results of treating unstable thoracolumbar and lumbar injuries with Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation were investigated. OBJECTIVE:To determine the pain and work status of the patients, to evaluate neurologic status, and to assess the efficacy of instrumentation in the short ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Katonis PG,Kontakis GM,Loupasis GA,Aligizakis AC,Christoforakis JI,Velivassakis EG

更新日期：1999-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective imaging study. OBJECTIVE:To clarify the frequency of positional vertebral artery (VA) occlusion using duplex ultrasonography in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Some patients with upper cervical RA develop thromboembolic stroke related to positional and tran...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Tateishi Y,Tagami A,Baba H,Osaki M,Kawakami A,Akira T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Report of three cases of severe congenital scoliosis corrected by a new device. OBJECTIVES:To show a new, safe alternative for treatment to achieve and maintain correction of the most severe spinal deformity. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Because of neurologic risk, severe congenital scoliosis is usually no...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Grass PJ,Soto AV,Araya HP

更新日期：1997-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-three patients underwent decompression without fusion at the L4-5 level for spinal stenosis or degenerative spondylolisthesis. Using preoperative and 1-year postoperative lateral lumbar spine radiographs, the incidence of postoperative spondylolisthesis of greater than 5% was found to be 58%. Computed tomograph...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Robertson PA,Grobler LJ,Novotny JE,Katz JN

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Biomechanical cadaveric study. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether augmentation positively influence screw stability or not. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Implantation of pedicle screws is a common procedure in spine surgery to provide an anchorage of posterior internal fixation into vertebrae. Screw performance...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hoppe S,Loosli Y,Baumgartner D,Heini P,Benneker L

更新日期：2014-03-15 00:00:00