Morphometry of the cervical spinal cord and its relation to pathology in cases with compression myelopathy.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case of cervical myelopathy with a severe nape and upper arm pain caused by anomalous bilateral vertebral arteries is reported. OBJECTIVE:To report over six and a half years results of a microsurgical decompression for high cervical myelopathy with a severe pain of nape and upper arm resulting from spin...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Takei H,Sagae M,Chiba K,Ogino T

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A radiographic study was conducted to investigate sacral morphology in a children and adolescent population with developmental L5-S1 spondylolisthesis. OBJECTIVE:To determine the relationship between sacral morphology and developmental L5-S1 spondylolisthesis. SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND DATA:The morphology o...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wang Z,Parent S,Mac-Thiong JM,Petit Y,Labelle H

更新日期：2008-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cost-effectiveness analysis. OBJECTIVE:To examine the cost-effectiveness of operative versus non-operative treatment of type-II odontoid fractures in patients older than 64 years old. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Significant controversy exists regarding the optimum treatment of geriatric patients with type...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Barlow DR,Higgins BT,Ozanne EM,Tosteson AN,Pearson AM

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:To report a new index, the K-line, for deciding the surgical approach for cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL). OBJECTIVE:To analyze the correlation between the K-line-based classification of cervical OPLL patients and their surgical outcome. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Prev...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Fujiyoshi T,Yamazaki M,Kawabe J,Endo T,Furuya T,Koda M,Okawa A,Takahashi K,Konishi H

更新日期：2008-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of herniated lumbar intervertebral disc for patients not responding to an initial trial of conservative therapy is generally surgical. Little is known about the effect of continued conservative therapy on patients who have not improved or have deteriorated within the first 3 months. This study assessed ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Shvartzman L,Weingarten E,Sherry H,Levin S,Persaud A

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to characterize the costs associated with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) class, and to determine the extent to which ASA status is a predictor of increased cost and LOS following lumbar laminectomy and fusion (LLF). SUMMAR...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bronheim RS,Caridi JM,Steinberger J,Hunter S,Neifert SN,Deutsch BC,DeMaria S Jr,Hermann L,Gal JS

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Coil springs were stretched and attached to produce a compressive force across the lumbar intervertebral discs of dogs for up to 53 weeks. OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that compressive forces applied to the intervertebral disc for a long period of time cause disc degeneration in vivo in a dog model. ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hutton WC,Ganey TM,Elmer WA,Kozlowska E,Ugbo JL,Doh ES,Whitesides TE Jr

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A 3-dimensional-2-dimensional (3D-2D) image registration algorithm, "LevelCheck," was used to automatically label vertebrae in intraoperative mobile radiographs obtained during spine surgery. Accuracy, computation time, and potential failure modes were evaluated in a retrospective study of 20 patients. OB...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lo SF,Otake Y,Puvanesarajah V,Wang AS,Uneri A,De Silva T,Vogt S,Kleinszig G,Elder BD,Goodwin CR,Kosztowski TA,Liauw JA,Groves M,Bydon A,Sciubba DM,Witham TF,Wolinsky JP,Aygun N,Gokaslan ZL,Siewerdsen JH

更新日期：2015-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Postlaminectomy deformities were simulated in the cervical or cervicothoracic spine by the use of a displacement incremental method based on finite-element analysis combined with composite material and spanning element theory. The simulation analyses revealed that the primary cause of postlaminectomy deformity was the...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Saito T,Yamamuro T,Shikata J,Oka M,Tsutsumi S

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Analysis of Swedish national and regional register data. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to characterize healthcare resource utilization, productivity loss, and costs of patients with low back pain (LBP) with or without leg pain, who have been referred from primary care settings to orthopedic special...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Jonsson E,Olafsson G,Fritzell P,Hägg O,Borgström F

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flexibility of the porcine lumbosacral spine was measured after application of six different types of surgical instrumentation, and in a control state. Fifteen adult pig spines were tested with flexion, extension, lateral bending, and axial rotation torques applied to the upper end with the pelvis fixed. Instrumentati...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Asazuma T,Stokes IA,Moreland MS,Suzuki N

更新日期：1990-11-01 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：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective study of a cohort of patients who underwent L5-S1 laparoscopic anterior lumbar interbody fusion. OBJECTIVES:To assess the fusion rate and the clinical outcome more than 2 years after L5-S1 laparoscopic anterior lumbar interbody fusion using twin stand-alone carbon-fiber cages. SUMMARY OF BACK...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Pellisé F,Puig O,Rivas A,Bagó J,Villanueva C

更新日期：2002-08-01 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:We conducted a retrospective, case control study on patients undergoing surgery for spinal tumors. OBJECTIVE.: Our aim was to determine the incidence and to identify risk factors for surgical site infections (SSIs) in patients undergoing surgery for spinal tumors. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:SSIs after spi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Omeis IA,Dhir M,Sciubba DM,Gottfried ON,McGirt MJ,Attenello FJ,Wolinsky JP,Gokaslan ZL

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective database analysis. OBJECTIVE:A population-based database was analyzed to identify the incidence, risk factors, and mortality associated with thromboembolic events after lumbar spine surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Pulmonary embolism (PE) and deep vein thrombosis (DVT) are potential comp...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Fineberg SJ,Oglesby M,Patel AA,Pelton MA,Singh K

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：: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:A case of acute respiratory distress syndrome following percutaneous vertebroplasty is described. OBJECTIVE:To alert clinicians to the potential occurrence of acute respiratory distress syndrome following use of polymethylmethacrylate bone cement. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yoo KY,Jeong SW,Yoon W,Lee J

更新日期：2004-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A cross-sectional study of 96 patients with lumbosacral adolescent spondylolisthesis. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether lumbosacral kyphosis (LSK) is associated with the quality of life of patients with spondylolisthesis and to identify reference values of LSK associated with significant impairments in qualit...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Tanguay F,Labelle H,Wang Z,Joncas J,de Guise JA,Mac-Thiong JM

更新日期：2012-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the association between degree of signal changes in the alar ligaments on MRI with respect to pain and disability. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Conflicting evidence exists whether areas of high-signal intensity in the alar ligaments on MRI are associated with pa...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Myran R,Zwart JA,Kvistad KA,Folvik M,Lydersen S,Ro M,Woodhouse A,Nygaard OP

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Literature-based topic review. OBJECTIVE:To review the indications and techniques for different sacropelvic fixation methods and to outline important associated complications. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Despite all the advances and new developments in spinal instrumentation techniques, fixation at the lu...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kebaish KM

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the long-term effects of lower lumbar fusion, 94 subjects were catalogued from medical records. They had a lumbar arthrodesis at the third lumbar level or below and their operations were performed before 1964. Twenty-four were not located and 8 were deceased. Sixty-two subjects (72% of available sample) c...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lehmann TR,Spratt KF,Tozzi JE,Weinstein JN,Reinarz SJ,el-Khoury GY,Colby H

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This prospective study includes normal control subjects and patients with focal lesions of the spinal cord investigated by transcranial magnetic stimulation. OBJECTIVES:To establish a stable method to elicit motor evoked potentials from cervical to lumbar segmental levels and to apply the method that woul...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ertekin C,Uludag B,On A,Yetimalar Y,Ertas M,Colakoglu Z,Arac N

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A sample of 486 Helsinki City Council workers, 35 to 54 years of age, was examined twice at a 1-year interval. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the speed of repetitive arm motion for its ability to predict neck pain. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Psychomotor factors have been suggested to play a role in the etiolo...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Laurén H,Luoto S,Alaranta H,Taimela S,Hurri H,Heliövaara M

更新日期：1997-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This was a retrospective review of a consecutive series of patients who underwent excision of far lateral disc herniations by a paraspinal, muscle-splitting incision that spares the facet. OBJECTIVE:The authors describe the surgical technique in detail and review the results of surgical treatment. SUMMAR...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Darden BV 2nd,Wade JF,Alexander R,Wood KE,Rhyne AL 3rd,Hicks JR

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Psychometric testing of the Persian Functional Rating Index (PFRI). OBJECTIVE:To determine the reliability and validity of the PFRI in Persian-speaking subjects with neck pain (NP). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The Functional Rating Index is a self-report questionnaire that can be used for patients with ba...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ansari NN,Feise RJ,Naghdi S,Mohseni A,Rezazadeh M

更新日期：2012-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Titanium alloy interbody fusion devices with autogenous bone were placed in the L5-L6 disc space of 31 adult pig-tailed monkeys through an anterolateral (retroperitoneal) approach. Anteroposterior and lateral radiographs, CT imaging, and histologic analysis of the specimens were performed. OBJECTIVES:This...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cook SD,Patron LP,Christakis PM,Bailey KJ,Banta C,Glazer PA

更新日期：2004-05-15 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:Cervical facet capsular strains were determined during bending and at failure in the human cadaver. OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of an axial pretorque on facet capsular strains and estimate the risk for subcatastrophic capsular injury during normal bending motions. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Epidemi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Winkelstein BA,Nightingale RW,Richardson WJ,Myers BS

更新日期：2000-05-15 00:00:00