Bone Turnover Markers as a New Predicting Factor for Nonunion After Spinal Fusion Surgery.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Review of the literature with analysis of pooled data. OBJECTIVE:To assess common intraoperative neuromonitoring (IOM) changes that occur during the course of spinal surgery, potential causes of change, and determine appropriate responses. Further, there will be discussion of appropriate application of IO...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Malhotra NR,Shaffrey CI

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This was a prospective, randomized study. OBJECTIVE:To compare the ability of three methods of internal fixation (Harrington rods, AO internal fixator, posterior segmental fixator) to obtain reduction of intracanal fragments in thoracolumbar vertebral compression burst fractures. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DA...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Vornanen MJ,Böstman OM,Myllynen PJ

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This study prospectively analyzed gait in 21 patients with flatback and reviewed radiographs and charts. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the effect of sagittal imbalance on gait and hip and knee joints. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Loss of lumbar lordosis causes anterior displacement of the center of gravity, which c...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Sarwahi V,Boachie-Adjei O,Backus SI,Taira G

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This anatomic study tested placement of C2 pedicle screws using cadaver specimens. OBJECTIVES:To further assess the safety of transpedicular screw placement in the axis by comparing two surgical techniques. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Transpedicular screw fixation of traumatic spondylolisthesis of the axi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ebraheim N,Rollins JR Jr,Xu R,Jackson WT

更新日期：1996-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective, within-patient comparison of two methods for functional radiography of lumbar spine with consecutive patients. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the usefulness of traction-compression radiography compared with conventional flexion-extension radiography in diagnosis of lumbar spinal instability. SUMMAR...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Pitkänen M,Manninen HI,Lindgrer KA,Turunen M,Airaksinen O

更新日期：1997-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The role of bone graft force in stabilizing an instrumented cervical spine was evaluated for one-level and three-level corpectomy models using in vitro experiments. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the role of bone graft force in enhancing stability of anterior cervical plate, and to study effects of fatigue loa...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wang JL,Panjabi MM,Isomi T

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This study evaluated safety, fusion success rate, and clinical outcome of a new lumbar interbody hollow, threaded titanium fusion cage in a multicenter, prospective 236-case program adhering to a United States Food and Drug Administration Investigational Device Exemption controlled protocol. OBJECTIVES:Th...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ray CD

更新日期：1997-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective study on the correlation between preoperative pulmonary function tests, preoperative pulmonary symptoms, and postoperative pulmonary complications. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the incidence of immediate postoperative pulmonary complications and their correlation to pulmonary function tests, preo...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Zhang JG,Wang W,Qiu GX,Wang YP,Weng XS,Xu HG

更新日期：2005-01-15 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：:Two groups of surgically treated patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis were compared. Those who had decompression accompanied by fusion had more favorable outcomes than those treated with decompression alone. ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Feffer HL,Wiesel SW,Cuckler JM,Rothman RH

更新日期：1985-04-01 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:A case of cauda equina syndrome is reported. OBJECTIVE:To recognize a serious complication related to the use of Gelfoam in the lumbar spine. SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND DATA:Absorbable hemostatic gelatin sponges have long been used to control bleeding around the spinal cord. Despite widespread use and a safe...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Friedman J,Whitecloud TS 3rd

更新日期：2001-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective multicenter study. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between the lowest instrumented, stable, and lower end vertebrae in patients with "single overhang" thoracic (main thoracic) curves treated with anterior or posterior spinal fusion. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Previous studies ha...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kuklo TR,O'Brien MF,Lenke LG,Polly DW,Sucato DS,Richards BS,Lubicky J,Ibrahim K,Kawakami N,King A,Spinal Deformity Study Group: AIS Section.

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:In vitro biomechanical study evaluating the effect of fusion levels on simulated S1 screws on calf spines. OBJECTIVE:To measure the stresses of simulated S1 screws as a function of increasing fusion levels in long-fusion construct. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Extension of long fusion to sacrum remains a d...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Chaudhari R,Zheng X,Wu C,Mehbod AA,Transfeldt EE,Winter RB

更新日期：2011-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This study reports the 7-year follow-up of an L5 vertebral hemangioendothelioma treated with tumor excision and allograft reconstruction stabilized with transpedicular fixation. OBJECTIVES:A review of vertebral hemangioendotheliomas is provided to outline the rationale for surgical excision in such cases....

journal_title：Spine

authors： Sybert DR,Steffee AD,Keppler L,Biscup RS,Enker P

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-two patients with either neurogenic claudication or unilateral root claudication were analyzed in a double-blind comparison of salmon calcitonin (SCT) and placebo, receiving either 100 IU SCT or 1 ml saline four times a week for 8 weeks. Five of 20 SCT and one of 22 placebo patients were classified as responders...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Porter RW,Miller CG

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Analysis of clinical database material collected prospectively. OBJECTIVE:Examination of the association between lateralization of scoliotic curves and the existence of underlying disease. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:It has been suggested that left thoracic scoliosis configurations are intrinsically patho...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Goldberg CJ,Moore DP,Fogarty EE,Dowling FE

更新日期：1999-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An investigation of the reliability of various factors used to analyze electromyograms of paraspinal muscles of the lumbar spine. OBJECTIVES:To determine the reproducibility of several electromyographic variables over time and to assess the influence of confounding factors. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Pre...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Nargol AV,Jones AP,Kelly PJ,Greenough CG

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Transient paraparesis during the operative management of a 16-year-old patient with Scheuermann's kyphosis secondary to thoracic stenosis is reported. OBJECTIVE:To describe a treatable cause for paraparesis in a patient with Scheuermann's kyphosis undergoing surgical treatment. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Tribus CB

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A genetic association study of estrogen receptor 2 gene (ESR2) polymorphisms in idiopathic scoliosis (IS). OBJECTIVE:To investigate association of the ESR2 polymorphisms with either predisposition to or progression of IS in Central European population. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:In ESR2 the rs1256120 pol...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kotwicki T,Janusz P,Andrusiewicz M,Chmielewska M,Kotwicka M

更新日期：2014-12-15 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：: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: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：:In order to register pressure changes within the cauda equina, a highly sensitive pressure measuring catheter was inserted through a hole in the dural sac. Its tip was placed among the nerve roots of the cauda equina at levels L2, L3, and L4 in seven freshly removed human specimens. The cross-sectional area of the dur...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Schönström N,Bolender NF,Spengler DM,Hansson TH

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Characterization of the analytic profile of proteoglycans in the intervertebral discs at L4-L5 of nondiabetic (n = 5) and diabetic (n = 5) age-matched subjects. The discs used were discarded material from operations. OBJECTIVES:To clarify the reason for the higher risk of disc prolapse in diabetic patient...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Robinson D,Mirovsky Y,Halperin N,Evron Z,Nevo Z

更新日期：1998-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen professional baseball pitchers underwent active pitching motion analysis of the abdominal oblique, rectus abdominis, lumbar paraspinous and gluteus maximus muscles bilaterally via surface electrode evaluation. Baseline resting and isometric maximum values were obtained and active data referenced against these ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Watkins RG,Dennis S,Dillin WH,Schnebel B,Schneiderman G,Jobe F,Farfan H,Perry J,Pink M

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A baseline study of the general population and the health care providers in 3 Norwegian counties. OBJECTIVE:To investigate if beliefs about low back pain (LBP) are related to personal experiences and profession sought for care. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Myths about LBP that are abandoned by health profe...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Werner EL,Ihlebaek C,Skouen JS,Laerum E

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a 2-year period, 92 patients were submitted as outpatients to lumbar myelography using lopamidol, a new nonionic water-soluble contrast medium. The incidence and severity of adverse reactions associated with myelography in these cases were compared with those in 116 patients who underwent lopamidol myelography as...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Postacchini F,Massobrio M

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An observational study was performed to validate a scale. OBJECTIVE:This study validated the Roland Morris Questionnaire (RMQ) in Colombia. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The RMQ is a frequently used instrument for the evaluation of disability in patients with low back pain. The psychometric properties of th...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Payares K,Lugo LH,Restrepo A

更新日期：2015-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A detailed three-dimensional finite element model of the spine segment T12-Pelvis was developed to investigate dynamic characteristics of whole lumbar spine with injured cases. OBJECTIVE:This study investigates the motion mechanism of the human lumbar spine and the effect of component injuries on adjacent...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Guo LX,Zhang M,Zhang YM,Teo EC

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00