Validity of clinical tests in the diagnosis of root compression in cervical disc disease.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The presence or absence of rapidly centralizing, peripheralizing, or abolishing low back and radiating pain, as identified during a McKenzie mechanical lumbar assessment of patients with chronic lumbar pain, was compared prospectively with discographic pain provocation and anular competency. OBJECTIVES:To...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Donelson R,Aprill C,Medcalf R,Grant W

更新日期：1997-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Pragmatic randomized clinical trial. OBJECTIVE:This study investigated differences in the clinical outcomes of public physiotherapy (public PT) versus private physiotherapy (private PT) for general practitioner-referred patients with acute and chronic low back pain (LBP). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Healt...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Casserley-Feeney SN,Daly L,Hurley DA

更新日期：2012-01-15 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:A prospective, randomized controlled study of patients with L5-S1 lumbar disc herniations, operated with endoscopic discectomy through an interlaminar or transforaminal approach. OBJECTIVE:To compare the results of percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy in L5-S1 disc herniation through an interlaminar ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Nie H,Zeng J,Song Y,Chen G,Wang X,Li Z,Jiang H,Kong Q

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective study. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak during the thoracic pedicle screw fixation in spinal deformities, the relative intraoperative neuromonitoring changes and the strategy for management. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:CSF leak may occur during the preparation of tra...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Feng B,Shen J,Zhang J,Zhou X,Liang J,Qiu G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An in vitro human cadaveric study comparing the effects of anterior and posterior sequential destabilization conditions on thoracic functional unit mechanics was studied. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the biomechanical properties of the human thoracic spine. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Few studies have addres...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Oda I,Abumi K,Cunningham BW,Kaneda K,McAfee PC

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Total excision of a large dumbbell cervicothoracic intra- and extraspinal meningioma that had grown into the posterior mediastinum is described. This excision involved a two-step neurosurgical-thoracosurgical procedure within a short interval. OBJECTIVES:To document that the described laminectomy and thor...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Buchfelder M,Nomikos P,Paulus W,Rupprecht H

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:In vitro biomechanical study on 6 fresh frozen human thoracolumbar spine specimens. OBJECTIVE:Using a novel high viscosity polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) cement and vertebroplasty kit to correct the kyphosis angle of wedge compression fractures (AO/ASIF 1.2). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Vertebroplasty is t...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Rüger M,Schmoelz W

更新日期：2009-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Analysis of preoperative, 8-week, 1-year, and 2-year data from patients with right thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis treated by posterior Universal Spine System (Stratec Medical, Oberdorf, Switzerland). OBJECTIVE:Report 2-year results and the association between back surface and radiographic assess...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Pratt RK,Webb JK,Burwell RG,Cole AA

更新日期：2001-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Infection of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV, HIV-II) was used to study disease transmission in allograft bone. Four allograft bone processing techniques--fresh, fresh frozen, double freeze-thaw, and double freeze-thaw with chemical decontamination--were evaluated. ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cook SD,Salkeld SL,Prewett AB

更新日期：1995-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of nationwide Veterans Health Administration clinical and administrative data. OBJECTIVE:Examine the association between HIV infection and the rate of spine surgery for degenerative spine disease. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Combination antiretroviral therapy has prolonged survival ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： King JT Jr,Gordon AJ,Perkal MF,Crystal S,Rosenthal RA,Rodriguez-Barradas MC,Butt AA,Gibert CL,Rimland D,Simberkoff MS,Justice AC

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective chart review of 1561 patients with spinal injury was conducted over a 4-year period. OBJECTIVES:To determine the rate of surgical site infection in the spinal trauma population, to compare infection rates after spinal operations for elective and traumatic indications, and to identify risk ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Blam OG,Vaccaro AR,Vanichkachorn JS,Albert TJ,Hilibrand AS,Minnich JM,Murphey SA

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective propensity score-matched analysis on a national database (MarketScan) between 2006 and 2010. OBJECTIVE:To compare rates of neurological deficits after elective single-level spinal procedures with and without intraoperative neuromonitoring, as well as associated payment differences and geogra...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cole T,Veeravagu A,Zhang M,Li A,Ratliff JK

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 24-year-old man presented with severe low-back pain and paraspinal muscle spasm after exertion. Elevation in temperature, white blood cell count, serum muscle enzymes, and urine myoglobin, as well as computer tomographic evidence of paraspinal muscle edema and necrosis, were present. No etiology could be documented,...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Carr D,Gilbertson L,Frymoyer J,Krag M,Pope M

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report. OBJECTIVE:To report a case and review the literature on glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) with drop-like metastasis to the spine. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:GBM constitutes the most common adult malignant brain tumor with poor prognosis. Spinal metastases of this malignancy are quite rare and di...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Birbilis TA,Matis GK,Eleftheriadis SG,Theodoropoulou EN,Sivridis E

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case of cerebrospinal fistula secondary to a dural tear during anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. OBJECTIVES:To report a quite rare complication associated with anterior cervical discectomy and remind the spinal surgeons that this infrequent complication can easily become a very serious one. SUMM...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Fountas KN,Kapsalaki EZ,Johnston KW

更新日期：2005-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Human lumbar functional spinal units (FSUs) were moved throughout their range of motion in sagittal and lateral bending while the dynamics of this movement were computed in vitro. Functional spinal units were tested intact and after subsequent discectomy and unilateral facetectomy. OBJECTIVE:To establish ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ogon M,Bender BR,Hooper DM,Spratt KF,Goel VK,Wilder DG,Pope MH

更新日期：1997-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional survey. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the clinical practices of spine surgeons within the Asia Pacific region. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:COVID-19 pandemic had changed spine surgeons' clinical practices and their concerns toward pers...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Chan CYW,Chiu CK,Cheung JPY,Cheung PWH,Gani SMA,Kwan MK

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve patients with locked facets of the lower cervical spine were surgically treated through an anterior approach. The interlocking was bilateral in 2 cases and unilateral in 10; in all patients, skull traction failed to obtain the reduction. The technique of anterior reduction is described, with particular attentio...

journal_title：Spine

authors： de Oliveira JC

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective single-center study. OBJECTIVE:This study sought to clarify the risk factors and to evaluate the surgical outcome in patients with rapidly progressive cervical spondylotic myelopathy (rp-CSM). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:CSM is a degenerative spine disease presenting a slow development of ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Takasawa E,Sorimachi Y,Iizuka Y,Tsunoda D,Mieda T,Iizuka H,Chikuda H

更新日期：2019-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:: A retrospective study. OBJECTIVE:: To evaluate the safety of free-hand pedicle screw placement during revision surgery at levels with a solid posterior fusion mass and/or identified pseudarthroses of the thoracic and lumbosacral spine. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:: Placement of pedicle screws into previ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kim YW,Lenke LG,Kim YJ,Bridwell KH,Kim YB,Watanabe K,Watanabe K

更新日期：2008-05-01 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:A retrospective study of 1,090 patients undergoing corrective spinal deformity surgery for scoliosis (n = 920), kyphosis (n = 77), or a combination of the two (n = 93) at one institution. OBJECTIVES:To ascertain the etiologies and incidence of neurologic deficits occurring at the time of surgery. SUMMARY...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bridwell KH,Lenke LG,Baldus C,Blanke K

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:We measured the expression and responses of Toll-Like Receptor 4 (TLR4) activation in the intervertebral disc (IVD) in vitro and in vivo. We hypothesize that stimulation of the IVD with the TLR4 ligand lipopolysaccharide (LPS) results in upregulation of a coordinated set of proinflammatory mediators and in...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Rajan NE,Bloom O,Maidhof R,Stetson N,Sherry B,Levine M,Chahine NO

更新日期：2013-07-15 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:This case report illustrates the need to be aware of extraspinal causes of sciatica. A patient with a strangulated sciatic hernia showed the clinical features of sciatic leg pain, intestinal obstruction, and a left gluteal abscess. OBJECTIVE:To highlight the need to examine the course of the sciatic nerve...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Servant CT

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have reviewed the records of 36 patients with idiopathic scoliosis who underwent a single-stage anterior spinal fusion with Zielke instrumentation to determine if any adverse frontal or secondary sagittal deformities or changes in balance resulted from the surgery. Spontaneous correction of uninstrumented ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lowe TG,Peters JD

更新日期：1993-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A rabbit model was used to assess the efficacy of linezolid and vancomycin for the treatment of discitis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Nontreated controls were used for comparison. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a therapeutic difference betwe...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Conaughty JM,Chen J,Martinez OV,Chiappetta G,Brookfield KF,Eismont FJ

更新日期：2006-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A histological, biological, and immunohisto-chemical study of human lumbar ligamentum flavum. OBJECTIVE:To analyze changes in the hypertrophied ligamentum flavum and clarify their etiology. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Hypertrophy of the ligamentum flavum has been considered a major contributor to the deve...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yabe Y,Hagiwara Y,Ando A,Tsuchiya M,Minowa T,Takemura T,Honda M,Hatori K,Sonofuchi K,Kanazawa K,Koide M,Sekiguchi T,Itoi E

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association between preoperative baseline serum albumin and postoperative surgical complication. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The prevalence of malnutrition in the hospitalized patient population has only been recently recognized. Preoperative hypoal...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Adogwa O,Martin JR,Huang K,Verla T,Fatemi P,Thompson P,Cheng J,Kuchibhatla M,Lad SP,Bagley CA,Gottfried ON

更新日期：2014-08-15 00:00:00