Functional activities in spinal muscular atrophy patients after spinal fusion.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective analysis of collected data. OBJECTIVE:Our study aims to present the morphology of cranial-cervical spinal canal in basilar invagination (BI) patients. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:BI is characterized by protrusion of the odontoid process into the foramen magnum (C0), leading to compression ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ji W,Xu X,Wu Z,Liu X,Kong G,Huang Z,Chen J

更新日期：2018-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A portion of the cervical facet joint must be resected to expose and decompress cervical nerve roots from a posterior approach. When posterior fusion is performed, it is common to remove the facet capsule only for the joints being fused. This study was performed to examine the effect of resection of the facet capsule ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Zdeblick TA,Abitbol JJ,Kunz DN,McCabe RP,Garfin S

更新日期：1993-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Care must be exercised in interpreting the clinical and radiologic findings when assessing patients with cervical spondylosis and involvement of neural structures for surgery. If the clinical picture cannot logically be explained by the radiologic findings, further investigation is indicated to exclude a coexistent di...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Dvorák J,Janssen B,Grob D

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The loosening rates of two monocortical pedicle screw designs (hollow and solid) were compared in a cadaveric sacrum model subjected to cyclic loading. OBJECTIVE:To determine if a hollow screw would be more resistant to loosening than a solid pedicle screw when placed into the pedicles of S1 and tested un...

journal_title：Spine

authors： McLachlin SD,Beaton BJ,Sabo MT,Gurr KR,Bailey SI,Bailey CS,Dunning CE

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report of stress fracture of bilateral lumbar posterior facet after implantation of interspinous process device is reported and the literature reviewed. OBJECTIVE.: To report the rare case of stress fracture of bilateral lumbar posterior facet after implantation of interspinous process device. SUMM...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Chung KJ,Hwang YS,Koh SH

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report of dorsally sequestered cervical disc herniation. OBJECTIVE:To present an unusual case of dorsally sequestered cervical disc herniation and to briefly review the literature on this condition. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There have been few reports of migration of cervical disc herniation to ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Tofuku K,Koga H,Kawabata N,Yuasa S,Yone K,Komiya S

更新日期：2007-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Three experimental groups and one control group of chickens underwent different surgical procedures to determine the effects of pineal gland transplantation on the development of scoliosis. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether transplantation of the pineal gland to the body wall musculature maintains serum mela...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bagnall KM,Beuerlein M,Johnson P,Wilson J,Raso VJ,Moreau M

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case series and review of literature. OBJECTIVE:To report three cases of vascular injury during posterior lumbar disc surgery, two of these occurred during open discectomy, and one during an endoscopic surgery. Aim is to highlight importance of early diagnosis and prompt steps taken to prevent morbidity a...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Goel A,Kumar P,Bahadur R

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective clinical study. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the use of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) as the primary graft material for the surgical treatment of vertebral osteomyelitis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The clinical and radiographic results using allograft, autograft, and v...

journal_title：Spine

authors： O'Shaughnessy BA,Kuklo TR,Ondra SL

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Quasi-experimental, nonrandomized, nonequivalent, parallel group-controlled study involving before and after telephone surveys of the general population. OBJECTIVE:To measure the magnitude of any sustained change in population beliefs about back pain 3 years after cessation of a population-based intervent...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Buchbinder R,Jolley D

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report describing thoracic intervertebral disc degeneration and spondylolisthesis associated with a Schmorl node in a young athlete, which was successfully treated by anterior interbody fusion (AIF). OBJECTIVE:To describe a rare pathologic condition with a clinical outcome of a surgical interventio...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Fukuta S,Miyamoto K,Iwata A,Hosoe H,Iwata H,Shirahashi K,Shimizu K

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective longitudinal cohort. OBJECTIVE:We investigated opioid prescribing patterns amongst adults in the United States diagnosed with low back or lower extremity pain (LBP/LEP) who underwent spine surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Opioid-based treatment of LBP/LEP and postsurgical pain has separa...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Fatemi P,Zhang Y,Ho A,Lama R,Jin M,Veeravagu A,Desai A,Ratliff JK

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An in vitro biologic study of the effects of adenovirus expressing bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) and adenovirus expressing Sox9 on extracellular matrix metabolism by bovine nucleus pulposus cells. OBJECTIVE:To compare the effects of recombinant adenoviral vectors expressing various BMPs (2, 3, 4, 5, ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Zhang Y,An HS,Thonar EJ,Chubinskaya S,He TC,Phillips FM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective study. OBJECTIVE:To report results at a minimum 5 years after pedicle subtraction osteotomy for fixed sagittal imbalance. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:No one has reported results of pedicle subtraction osteotomies with a 5- to 8-year follow-up. METHOD:Thirty-five consecutive patients with sa...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kim YJ,Bridwell KH,Lenke LG,Cheh G,Baldus C

更新日期：2007-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Fifty-two practices in the East Midlands, United Kingdom, were included. OBJECTIVES:To test the hypothesis that referral for lumbar spine radiography is cost-effective in primary care patients with low back pain of at least 6 weeks' duration compared with usual care in which referral is not routine. SUMM...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Miller P,Kendrick D,Bentley E,Fielding K

更新日期：2002-10-15 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：:Six cases of spontaneous fracture of the odontoid process in rheumatoid arthritis are presented. Fifty-one patients with atlantoaxial subluxation in rheumatoid arthritis underwent surgery between 1981 and 1990. This included six patients (in 10%) who had subluxation accompanied by fracture of the odontoid without appa...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Toyama Y,Hirabayashi K,Fujimura Y,Satomi K

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique using a vascularized rib pedicle graft and femoral neck allograft is presented as a new method of anterior spine fusion in the treatment of symptomatic post-traumatic kyphosis. The cases of six patients are reviewed who were treated surgically from seven months to 24 years following their initial injury. S...

journal_title：Spine

authors： McBride GG,Bradford DS

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Axial pullout tests using fresh cadaveric thoracolumbar vertebral bodies. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effect of a new injectable calcium phosphate cement on the axial pullout strength of both revised and augmented pedicle screws in comparison with polymethyl methacrylate and in terms of injection method. ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Renner SM,Lim TH,Kim WJ,Katolik L,An HS,Andersson GB

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case of spinal chronic subdural hematoma (SCSDH) in association with anticoagulant therapy was treated surgically. OBJECTIVE:To clarify the etiopathogenesis, clinical presentation, and surgical outcomes of SCSDH. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Intracranial chronic subdural hematoma is a well-recognized com...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Jimbo H,Asamoto S,Mitsuyama T,Hatayama K,Iwasaki Y,Fukui Y

更新日期：2006-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Segmental spinal instability was evaluated with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, computed tomography (CT), and conventional radiography in 33 patients who had undergone surgical spinal fusion. In 16 of the 19 patients who had a diagnosis of solid fusion, the immobilized vertebral bodies demonstrated areas of high sign...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lang P,Chafetz N,Genant HK,Morris JM

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:We present the case study of a 31-year-old lady who had a spontaneous cervical spinal epidural hematoma in the postpartum period and who presented with sudden onset of neck pain and lower limb weakness for which an emergency decompressive laminectomy was performed with neurological recovery. OBJECTIVE:To ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Puah KL,Tow BP,Yue WM,Guo CM,Chen JL,Tan SB

更新日期：2012-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective study. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to identify the relationships between radiological findings and the presence of stooping in lumbar degenerative kyphosis (LDK). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Many studies have addressed fixed sagittal imbalances and surgical treatments. However, inf...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Son SM,Shin JK,Goh TS,Suh KT,Lee JS

更新日期：2018-04-15 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:A report of a patient in whom progressive symptomatic thoracolumbar scoliosis developed after breast reconstruction with a latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap. OBJECTIVES:To present the first reported case of progressive symptomatic scoliosis after breast reconstruction with a latissimus dorsi myocutaneous...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kim DH,Glazer PA

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective analysis of a case series was performed. OBJECTIVE:To describe a novel technique to monitor femoral nerve function by analyzing the saphenous nerve somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) during transpsoas surgical exposures of the lumbar spine. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:During transpsoas ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Silverstein J,Mermelstein L,DeWal H,Basra S

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Descriptive histologic analysis of spinal cord gene therapy. OBJECTIVE:To maximize protein expression in rat spinal cord using recombinant adenoassociate virus viral vector. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There are few reports of spinal cord genetic transfer. There have been no reports that compare technique...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Harrop JS,Poulsen DJ,Xiao W,Freese A,During MJ

更新日期：2004-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report. OBJECTIVE:To report a case of the lumbar giant cell tumor (GCT) utilizing a new clinical treatment modality (denosumab therapy), which showed a massive tumor reduction combined with the L4 spondylectomy. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There are some controversies about spinal GCT treatments. D...

journal_title：Spine

authors： de Carvalho Cavalcante RA,Silva Marques RA,dos Santos VG,Sabino E,Fraga AC Jr,Zaccariotti VA,Arruda JB,Fernandes YB

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An experimental animal study. OBJECTIVE:To study if antitumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) antibody, which is administered at different times, reduces the pain behavior induced by application of nucleus pulposus (NP) to the nerve root. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Treatment with TNF-alpha inhibitor re...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Sasaki N,Kikuchi S,Konno S,Sekiguchi M,Watanabe K

更新日期：2007-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective review of 34 patients with juvenile idiopathic scoliosis (JIS) treated with a nighttime bending brace. OBJECTIVE:To determine the effectiveness of part-time bracing in JIS. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Although previous bracing studies have focused on adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, no aut...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Jarvis J,Garbedian S,Swamy G

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00