Return to Work and Multilevel Versus Single-Level Cervical Fusion for Radiculopathy in a Workers' Compensation Setting.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case series of adults with surgical treatment for adult idiopathic thoracolumbar and/or lumbar scoliosis, low back pain, and spinal stenosis was studied. OBJECTIVE:To assess pain relief, curve correction, and complications after combined procedures consisting of decompression, spine fusion, and stabiliz...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Shapiro GS,Taira G,Boachie-Adjei O

更新日期：2003-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective study of patients whose spinal cord tumors were managed surgically with a unique posterior method of removing and replacing the posterior spinal elements using T-saw ("recapping T-saw laminoplasty"). OBJECTIVES:To examine the safety and efficacy of the recapping T-saw laminoplasty technique ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kawahara N,Tomita K,Shinya Y,Matsumoto T,Baba H,Fujita T,Murakami H,Kobayashi T

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Longitudinal case-controlled animal study. OBJECTIVE:To investigate putative cellular mechanisms to explain structural changes in muscle and adipose and connective tissues of the back muscles after intervertebral disc (IVD) injury. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Structural back muscle changes are ubiquitous ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hodges PW,James G,Blomster L,Hall L,Schmid A,Shu C,Little C,Melrose J

更新日期：2015-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Giovanni Alfonso Borelli is often described as the father of biomechanics. He was born in Naples in 1608. His De Motu Animalium, published in 1680, extended to biology the rigorous analytical methods developed by Galileo in the field of mechanics. Borelli calculated the forces required for equilibrium in various joint...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Pope MH

更新日期：2005-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To study possible neurologic complications, five lambs were operated on by sublaminar wiring at the thoracolumbar spine. Monitoring of the central motor pathway was carried out by percutaneous electrostimulation. A comparative anatomic study was designed to compare the magnitude of the spinal canal and the area occupi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Pampliega T,Beguiristain JL,Artieda J

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of thoracic chordoma successfully treated with surgical excision is reported and described. Thoracic chordomata presenting as posterior superior mediastinal tumors occur infrequently and may be highly malignant lesions. Early radical surgery through thoracotomy provide the best hope of cure, and radiation offer...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cotler HB,Cotler JM,Cohn HE,Israel HI,Gartland JJ

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A review of methods to optimize anesthesia and analgesia for minimally invasive spine procedures. OBJECTIVE:To provide information to surgeons and anesthesiologists of methods to provide optimal anesthesia and pain control for minimally invasive spine surgery with an emphasis on preoperative planning. SU...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Buvanendran A,Thillainathan V

更新日期：2010-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cadaveric study on fresh unprocessed, nonpreserved, undyed specimens, which has not previously been reported. OBJECTIVE:Our aim was to explore the possible topographic correlation of the C5 nerve root with regards to its course and regional relation to C6 Chassaignac tubercle. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Rajabian A,Quraishi NA

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional cohort study. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to develop and validate a patient-completed screening questionnaire for axial spondyloarthropathy for use in the United Kingdom. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Axial spondyloarthropathy (axial SpA) can be difficult to diagnose in the early sta...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hamilton L,Macgregor A,Newman D,Belkhiri A,Toms A,Gaffney K

更新日期：2013-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review of 13 cases with craniovertebral tuberculosis treated conservatively. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the results of conservative treatment of craniovertebral tuberculosis and compare with the literature. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Craniovertebral tuberculosis is a rare entity even in endemic ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Chadha M,Agarwal A,Singh AP

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective case-control study. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to examine the factors of postoperative paralysis in patients who have undergone thoracic ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:A higher percentage of thoracic OPLL patients expe...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ito Z,Matsuyama Y,Ando M,Kawabata S,Kanchiku T,Kida K,Fujiwara Y,Yamada K,Yamamoto N,Kobayashi S,Saito T,Wada K,Tadokoro N,Takahashi M,Satomi K,Shinomiya K,Tani T

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A single large family, in which adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) and pectus excavatum (PE) segregate as an autosomal dominant condition, was evaluated. Genome-wide linkage analysis and candidate gene sequencing were performed. OBJECTIVE:To map the disease-causing locus in a large white family in whic...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Gurnett CA,Alaee F,Bowcock A,Kruse L,Lenke LG,Bridwell KH,Kuklo T,Luhmann SJ,Dobbs MB

更新日期：2009-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This case study describes the usefulness of high-resolution 18F-2-fluoro-deoxy-D-glucose (18FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET) for metabolic neuroimaging of the cervical spinal cord in patients with compressive myelopathy. OBJECTIVE:To examine whether 18FDG-PET imaging could visualize deterioration o...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Baba H,Uchida K,Sadato N,Yonekura Y,Kamoto Y,Maezawa Y,Furusawa N,Abe Y

更新日期：1999-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes consistent with Scheuermann's kyphosis were noted in 103 specimens (7.4%) of a sample of 1,384 thoracic spines in the Hamann-Todd collection of human skeletons. In 94% of the affected vertebrae, a distinct anterior elongation of the vertebral centrum was present. This anterior extension was composed of mature ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Digiovanni BF,Scoles PV,Latimer BM

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Observational. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the radiation dose imparted to patients during typical thoracolumbar spinal surgical scenarios. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Minimally invasive techniques continue to become more common in spine surgery. Computer-assisted navigation systems coupled with intraoperative c...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lange J,Karellas A,Street J,Eck JC,Lapinsky A,Connolly PJ,Dipaola CP

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new screening test and operative technique for the relief of intractable pain in the failed back syndrome has been devised and has yielded a 72% success rate on short-term follow-up (9--30 months) in 26 patients. This syndrome is thought to represent pain emanating from permanently damaged nerve roots and not from t...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hoppenstein R

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From June 1978 to May 1988, posterior decompression with posterolateral fusion was performed at Tenri Hospital on 63 cases of cervical myelopathy with instability and/or malalignment including kyphotic and/or S-shaped deformities. Among 46 cases followed up for more than 1 year, 41 cases (89.1%) improved; 21 cases (45...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Miyazaki K,Tada K,Matsuda Y,Okuno M,Yasuda T,Murakami H

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Observational cohort study. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate by MRI whether a vertebral fracture during childhood is a risk factor for degeneration of adjacent discs. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Several studies infer that trauma is a major cause of disc degeneration. Only 1 study has by magnetic resonance imaging (M...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Möller A,Maly P,Besjakov J,Hasserius R,Ohlin A,Karlsson MK

更新日期：2007-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective study on intraoperative blood loss during lumbar spine surgery. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the relationship between airway pressure change due to the patient's prone position and intraoperative blood loss during lumbar spine surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:A prone position may increase abdomin...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Koh JC,Lee JS,Han DW,Choi S,Chang CH

更新日期：2013-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This rare case of tuberculosis of the arch of atlas illustrates the potential difficulties in making a clinical diagnosis of tuberculosis of the upper cervical spine. Plain roentgenograms may not demonstrate an early lesion of the neural arch, and CT is a valuable adjunct. The use of a halo vest proved a successful al...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Corea JR,Tamimi TM

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between improvement of myelopathy achieved by surgery and postoperative spinal cord morphologic changes was investigated by magnetic resonance imaging in 51 patients with cervical myelopathy. In 22 patients, the cord indentation disappeared completely (Type I), in 23 it partially disappeared (Type II), an...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Harada A,Mimatsu K

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An experimental study of healthy subjects' trunk muscle responses to force perturbations at differing angles and steady state efforts. OBJECTIVES:To determine whether increased preactivation of muscles was associated with decreased likelihood of muscular activation in response to a transient force perturb...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Stokes IA,Gardner-Morse M,Henry SM,Badger GJ

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective review. OBJECTIVE:To report the results of an alternative technique using a minimally invasive fusionless surgery. The originality is based on the progressive correction of the deformities with proximal and distal fixation and on the reliability of the pelvic fixation using iliosacral scre...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Miladi L,Gaume M,Khouri N,Johnson M,Topouchian V,Glorion C

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A study was performed to measure the vertebral body depths in different locations from C2 to C7. OBJECTIVES:To measure the vertebral body depths in 10 linear dimension from C2 to C7. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Anterior plate-screw fixation of the cervical spine has been the common surgical procedure for ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ebraheim NA,Fow J,Xu R,Yeasting RA

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Curve patterns and surgical treatment in 118 consecutive patients with post-poliomyelitic paralytic scoliosis are reviewed. The typical curve pattern was double structural curves, usually including the lumbar spine. Modifying the incision and altering the sequence of instrumentation facilitated both the exposure and i...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Mayer PJ,Dove J,Ditmanson M,Shen YS

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This study determined bone mineral density (BMD) of cervical, thoracic, and lumbar vertebrae in healthy asymptomatic human subjects. OBJECTIVES:To test the hypothesis that BMD of neck vertebrae (C2-C7) is equivalent to BMD of lumbar vertebrae (L2-L4). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:BMD of lumbar vertebrae is...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yoganandan N,Pintar FA,Stemper BD,Baisden JL,Aktay R,Shender BS,Paskoff G

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective validation of the Scoliosis Research Society Outcomes Questionnaire French-Canadian version (SRS-22fv) in adolescent patients with spondylolisthesis. OBJECTIVE:To determine the measurement properties of the SRS-22fv. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The SRS-22 is widely used for the assessment of h...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Gutman G,Joncas J,Mac-Thiong JM,Beauséjour M,Roy-Beaudry M,Labelle H,Parent S

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 66 nonoperated low-back pain patients who entered a 4-week program of modern active rehabilitation after 13 months' sick leave, only 15 (23%) had returned to work at 18 months' follow-up. Effective pain modulation with pool traction did not influence the vocational status or pain level at the time of follow-up. The...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Oland G,Tveiten G

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The shape and orientation of the thoracic and lumbar zygapophyseal facets at the T1-L5 level in children were measured and analyzed. OBJECTIVE:To detect the pattern of zygapophyseal facet asymmetry in the thoracic and lumbar spines in children. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Whereas many studies have defined...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Masharawi YM,Peleg S,Albert HB,Dar G,Steingberg N,Medlej B,Abbas J,Salame K,Mirovski Y,Peled N,Hershkovitz I

更新日期：2008-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled, multicenter clinical trial. OBJECTIVE:To compare outcomes of cervical disc arthroplasty with those of anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF) in a Chinese population. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Cervical disc arthroplasty has been found to be superior to ACDF...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Zhang X,Zhang X,Chen C,Zhang Y,Wang Z,Wang B,Yan W,Li M,Yuan W,Wang Y

更新日期：2012-03-15 00:00:00