The Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Spine Surgeons: An Asia Pacific Spine Society (APSS) Survey.

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:A comparative study was performed in patients with cervical radiculomyelopathy due to soft disc herniation to compare surgical results of laminoplasty with anterior discectomy and arthrodesis. OBJECTIVES:To determine whether posterior decompression without discectomy can be selected for cervical myelopath...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Iwasaki M,Ebara S,Miyamoto S,Wada E,Yonenobu K

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:For in vitro studies, there is no basis for choosing a "load control study" over a "displacement control" study. This study qualitatively compared results from in vitro and in vivo tests, allowing the authors to address the experimental assumptions that in vitro testing contributes to the understanding of ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Dekutoski MB,Schendel MJ,Ogilvie JW,Olsewski JM,Wallace LJ,Lewis JL

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective, multicenter cohort analysis. OBJECTIVE:Assess children and guardian's comprehension of surgical consent for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) surgery and factors associated with their comprehension. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Informed consent is essential to the ethical practice of surge...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Theologis AA,Anaya A,Sabatini C,Sucato DJ,Parent S,Erickson M,Diab M

更新日期：2016-01-01 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:Prospective cohort. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate changes in bone mineral density (BMD) in the intertransverse fusion mass as representative for the process of bone remodeling after spinal fusion. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Intertransverse bone graft is frequently applied to facilit...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hagenmaier F,Kok D,Hol A,Rijnders T,Oner FC,van Susante JL

更新日期：2013-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:An algorithm for the sequential management of the patient with low-back pain has been formulated from evaluation of treatment outcomes. Patients presenting with back pain complaints and cauda equina syndrome are evaluated with immediate myelography. Without this complication, back pain patients are treated with 6 week...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Holmes HE,Rothman RH

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A 2-year follow-up prospective randomized electrophysiologic and clinical study of patients with spondylotic cervical myelopathy. OBJECTIVE:To assess the value of somatosensory- and motor-evoked potentials in the evaluation and prediction of the effect of therapy. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Previous stud...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bednarík J,Kadanka Z,Vohánka S,Stejskal L,Vlach O,Schröder R

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Combined prospective randomized controlled trial and observational cohort study of intervertebral disc herniation (IDH), an as-treated analysis. OBJECTIVE:To determine modifiers of the treatment effect (TE) of surgery (the difference between surgical and nonoperative outcomes) for intervertebral disc hern...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Pearson A,Lurie J,Tosteson T,Zhao W,Abdu W,Mirza S,Weinstein J

更新日期：2012-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report is presented. OBJECTIVES:To present a very rare case of orally ingested sex hormone pills inducing nondurally attached meningioma in the lumbosacral region. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Meningiomas are known to enlarge in response to female sex hormones. At this writing, few cases of nondural...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Mizutani J,Fukuoka M,Tsubouchi S,Otsuka T,Tono Y,Shimizu S,Matsui N

更新日期：2002-08-15 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：STUDY DESIGN:Case report. OBJECTIVE:To describe a sudden spinal cord injury in a girl with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) 1 week after posterior T2-L3 fusion. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:PWS is a genetic disorder characterized by several features including growth deficiency, hypotonia, obesity, and spinal deformities. In...

journal_title：Spine

authors： de Baat P,van Tankeren E,de Lind van Wijngaarden RF,de Klerk LW

更新日期：2011-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional and surgical outcomes are reported in two consecutive groups of patients who underwent one- and two-level lumbosacral fusion. The first group underwent standard posterolateral lumbosacral fusion, and the second group underwent lumbosacral fusion with compression U-rod instrumentation. Fusions were carried o...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Grubb SA,Lipscomb HJ

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A biomechanical cadaveric study of thoracic and lumbar vertebrae with simulated metastases quantifying intravertebral pressures during transpedicular vertebroplasty. OBJECTIVE:To compare intravertebral pressures during percutaneous vertebroplasty in vertebrae with and without simulated lytic metastases. ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Reidy D,Ahn H,Mousavi P,Finkelstein J,Whyne CM

更新日期：2003-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This is a retrospective review of the epidemiology of contraindications to lumbar total disc replacement (TDR). OBJECTIVE:To define the prevalence of contraindications to lumbar total disc replacement in a cohort of patients undergoing lumbar surgery in the senior author's (F.P.C.) practice. SUMMARY OF B...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Huang RC,Lim MR,Girardi FP,Cammisa FP Jr

更新日期：2004-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:In vitro study to characterize the flexibility of a new total posterior-element system when instrumented to L4-L5 segments. OBJECTIVE:The goal of this in vitro study was to investigate whether an optimized version of the TOPS implant (Impliant Ltd., Ramat Poleg, Israel) is capable to restore the physiolog...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wilke HJ,Schmidt H,Werner K,Schmölz W,Drumm J

更新日期：2006-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-five patients with metastatic thoracic and lumbar spine disease were initially treated by the authors with posterolateral debridement and decompression, along with posterior segmental spinal instrumentation. Ten patients had marked paresis, nine had signs of spinal cord or cauda equina compression without pares...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bridwell KH,Jenny AB,Saul T,Rich KM,Grubb RL

更新日期：1988-12-01 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 study. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the treatment of odontoid fractures combined with lower cervical spinal injury. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Odontoid fractures combined with a lower cervical spinal injury are rarely reported in the literature and their incidence and characteristics are not ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Li F,Chen Q,Xu K

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective evaluation of fibrinogen levels before surgery and after surgery in patients with idiopathic scoliosis undergoing posterior spinal fusion (PSF) and segmental spinal instrumentation (SSI) who received Amicar to decrease perioperative blood loss. OBJECTIVES:To assess a possible association betwe...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Thompson GH,Florentino-Pineda I,Armstrong DG,Poe-Kochert C

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective case series of surgically treated achondroplastic patients with severe thoracolumbar kyphosis. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the outcome of surgical treatment for thoracolumbar kyphosis in patients associated with achondroplasia presenting with paraparesis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Thoracolumba...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Qi X,Matsumoto M,Ishii K,Nakamura M,Chiba K,Toyama Y

更新日期：2006-08-01 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：:Neurologic complications resulting from surgery for 384 cases of cervical myelopathy (cervical soft disc herniation, spondylosis, ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament) were reviewed. Surgical procedures performed included 134 anterior interbody fusions (Cloward or Robinson-Smith technique), 70 subtotal ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yonenobu K,Hosono N,Iwasaki M,Asano M,Ono K

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The authors retrospectively reviewed 28 patients with multilevel Pott disease who underwent anterior radical débridement, decompression, and fusion with anterior spinal instrumentation and fibular allograft replacement. OBJECTIVES:To assess the efficacy of allograft fibular fusion and anterior spinal stab...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ozdemir HM,Us AK,Oğün T

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Anulus fibrosus (AF) cells obtained from patients undergoing surgery were cocultured with macrophage-like cells and production of inflammatory mediators was analyzed by quantitative assay. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the role of macrophages in AF cell production of inflammatory mediators by cytokines stimula...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kim JH,Studer RK,Sowa GA,Vo NV,Kang JD

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A descriptive in vitro study on isolation and differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from the facet joints and interspinous ligaments. OBJECTIVE:To isolate cells from the facet joints and interspinous ligaments and investigate their surface marker profile and differentiation potent...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kristjánsson B,Limthongkul W,Yingsakmongkol W,Thantiworasit P,Jirathanathornnukul N,Honsawek S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A general health survey including a cross-sectional study of 404 men and women aged 50 years who underwent follow-up evaluation at ages 60 and 70 years. OBJECTIVES:The participants completed the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory at age 50 and 60 years and were interviewed at age 60 and 70 years ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hansen FR,Biering-Sørensen F,Schroll M

更新日期：1995-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Radiographic results from a prospective, randomized, multicenter trial assessing patients who underwent lumbar total disc replacement (TDR) or circumferential arthrodesis for 1-level degenerative disc disease. OBJECTIVE:To quantify the relative segmental contribution to total lumbar range of motion (ROM) ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Auerbach JD,Jones KJ,Milby AH,Anakwenze OA,Balderston RA

更新日期：2009-11-01 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:Survey. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this research was to help determine whether sedation is indicated before lumbar and cervical interventional pain management procedures, and additionally, to determine whether benzodiazepams are effective at controlling anxiety for these procedures. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND D...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kim N,Delport E,Cucuzzella T,Marley J,Pruitt C

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00