Direct current electrical bone growth stimulation for spinal fusion.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This was a review of criteria-based meta-analyses. OBJECTIVES:To assess the methodological quality of published randomized clinical trials on the efficacy of commonly used interventions in low back pain. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:During the last several decades, the number of published randomized clinic...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Koes BW,Bouter LM,van der Heijden GJ

更新日期：1995-01-15 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:Independent evaluation by two observers of 132 lumbar discs in 45 patients with chronic low back pain investigated by both magnetic resonance imaging and discography. OBJECTIVES:To assess some of the fundamental differences between lumbar disc protrusions, disc bulges, and discs with normal contour but ab...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Milette PC,Fontaine S,Lepanto L,Cardinal E,Breton G

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review of patient records with current clinical and radiographic assessment. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the long-term result of anterior and posterior convex spinal growth arrest, with or without instrumentation, in managing infantile idiopathic scoliosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There were 1...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Marks DS,Iqbal MJ,Thompson AG,Piggott H

更新日期：1996-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review. OBJECTIVE:To determine the perioperative complications for patients undergoing single stage, multilevel, anterior, and posterior cervical fusions crossing the cervico-thoracic junction. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Cervical spinal stenosis with kyphosis involving 3 or more disc levels...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hart RA,Tatsumi RL,Hiratzka JR,Yoo JU

更新日期：2008-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Posture and motion analysis after a Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the compensation role of pelvis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Few existing studies found no compensation at the lower unfused level but did not investigate the pelvis. METHODS:Thirty patients were analyzed befo...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Skalli W,Zeller RD,Miladi L,Bourcereau G,Savidan M,Lavaste F,Dubousset J

更新日期：2006-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A study on active cervical range of motion (RoM) in healthy females of different ages. OBJECTIVE:Perform a three-dimensional quantitative analysis of active head-cervical RoM in healthy females to assess the relationship with age. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Age-related variations in active cervical RoM a...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Tommasi DG,Foppiani AC,Galante D,Lovecchio N,Sforza C

更新日期：2009-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report. OBJECTIVE:The authors present a case of atypical Burkitt's lymphoma with multiple epidural involvements. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Spinal cord compression in children is an emergency that requires urgent attention to minimize neurologic dysfunction. Although it is not life-threatening in mo...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Matsubara H,Watanabe K,Sakai H,Chang H,Fujino H,Higashi Y,Kobayashi M,Adachi S,Seto S,Nakahata T

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report of a patient who survived a traumatic disassociation of both atlanto-occipital and atlantoaxial joints. OBJECTIVE.: To describe a rare case of concurrent atlanto-occipital and atlantoaxial dislocation with a review of the related literature regarding occipitocervical dislocation. SUMMARY OF ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kleweno CP,Zampini JM,White AP,Kasper EM,McGuire KJ

更新日期：2008-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective analysis. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate differences in perioperative outcomes between patients undergoing revision minimally invasive lumbar spine decompression (MIS LD) in the ambulatory and hospital-based surgical settings. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Revision LD has...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hirsch BP,Khechen B,Patel DV,Cardinal KL,Guntin JA,Singh K

更新日期：2019-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A family-based study. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to identify rare genetic factors predisposing to Modic changes (MCs). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Lumbar disc degeneration (LDD) is one of the contributing factors behind low back pain (LBP). Lumbar MC visualized as bone marrow signal intensity cha...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kraatari M,Skarp S,Niinimäki J,Karppinen J,Männikkö M

更新日期：2017-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective chart review of 1561 patients with spinal injury was conducted over a 4-year period. OBJECTIVES:To determine the rate of surgical site infection in the spinal trauma population, to compare infection rates after spinal operations for elective and traumatic indications, and to identify risk ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Blam OG,Vaccaro AR,Vanichkachorn JS,Albert TJ,Hilibrand AS,Minnich JM,Murphey SA

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Basic fibroblast growth factor immunoreactivity was studied in disc herniation tissue. OBJECTIVES:The first objective was to analyze in which tissue components, if any, fibroblast growth factor is expressed in the disc herniation. The second objective was to compare such expression with that in fresh cada...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Tolonen J,Grönblad M,Virri J,Seitsalo S,Rytömaa T,Karaharju E

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Narrative review. OBJECTIVE:Describe current issues of outcomes assessment in spine research, with a focus on their application to advocacy oriented research. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Outcomes measurement in back pain has advanced substantially over the past decade. METHODS:Qualitative assessment of o...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Carey TS,Mielenz TJ

更新日期：2007-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cadaver bone for spinal fusion operations is as safe as autografts. The author's 35 years' experience using cadaver bone for interbody spinal fusion operations has led to the development of a simplified bone bank method. Unsterile bone removed from young, fresh cadavers is cut into appropriate sizes and shapes, washed...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cloward RB

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective questionnaire translation and validation. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to translate and cross-culturally adapt the Japanese Orthopaedic Association Cervical Myelopathy Evaluation Questionnaire (JOACMEQ) into Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong) and to assess its validity, reliability, and ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cheung PWH,Wong CKH,Lau ST,Cheung JPY

更新日期：2018-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Multicenter case-control study. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the prevalence of back problems in adults with idiopathic scoliosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Information on the prevalence of back problems in adults with idiopathic scoliosis is scarce, especially in untreated individuals, males, and individual...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Grauers A,Topalis C,Möller H,Normelli H,Karlsson MK,Danielsson A,Gerdhem P

更新日期：2014-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This case report shows primary natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma originating in the spine as the first case of successful treatment with autologous stem cell transplantation, along with case presentation and literature review. OBJECTIVE:For the proper treatment of this spinal tumor, the pathologic confi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kim KT,Kim YB,Kim HJ,Cha YJ,Lee SJ,Park E

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case series. OBJECTIVE:Evaluation of ultrasound and nerve stimulation-guided L5 nerve root block technique. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve block has become clinically applied. However, selective lumbosacral nerve root block is conducted under radiographic guidance, which in...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Sato M,Simizu S,Kadota R,Takahasi H

更新日期：2009-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-hundred-and-one patients with femoral shaft fractures were identified in a 5 year period at three institutions. Seven patients (3.5%) were found to have associated thoracic or lumbar fractures of various types. All resulted from high-velocity trauma. Four (57%) of these patients had thoracic or lumbar fractures th...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Rupp RE,Ebraheim NA,Chrissos MG,Jackson WT

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:retrospective review. OBJECTIVE:to determine if Anterior/Posterior Combined approach spine surgery is associated with an increased risk of pulmonary embolism (PE) compared to Posterior Only approach surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:combined anterior/posterior approach spine surgery is associated with ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kim HJ,Kepler C,Cunningham M,Rawlins B,Boachie-Adjei O

更新日期：2011-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Subgroup analysis of a prospective multicenter study. OBJECTIVE:Outcome analysis of nonoperatively treated elderly patients with type II odontoid fractures, including assessment of consequence of a fracture nonunion. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Odontoid fractures are among the most common fractures in the...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Smith JS,Kepler CK,Kopjar B,Harrop JS,Arnold P,Chapman JR,Fehlings MG,Vaccaro AR,Shaffrey CI

更新日期：2013-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This report details eight patients who had bursting teardrop fractures of the cervical spinal column treated by decompressive vertebral corpectomy and anterior fusion with plate stabilization. The fracture involved C5 in six patients, C6 in one patient, and C7 in one patient. The neurologic deficit was complete in fiv...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cabanela ME,Ebersold MJ

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective, multicenter, cohort study. OBJECTIVE:To examine which clinical and sociodemographic baseline variables can predict a favorable outcome in subjects with neck pain treated by chiropractors. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Relatively little is known on predictors of neck pain, particularly for those...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Rubinstein SM,Knol DL,Leboeuf-Yde C,de Koekkoek TE,Pfeifle CE,van Tulder MW

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An ongoing prospective nonrandomized trial was conducted with 146 patients who underwent anterior cervical fusion with a bone graft substitute. The results for 78 patients followed up a minimum of 2 years are reported by an independent observer. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the clinical efficacy and osseointe...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Papavero L,Zwönitzer R,Burkard I,Klose K,Herrmann HD

更新日期：2002-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique is described for intraoperative, multimodality electrophysiologic monitoring of the spinal cord and lumbosacral nerve roots (cauda equina). Simultaneous monitoring with the techniques of electromyography, compound muscle action potentials, and somatosensory evoked potentials is found to provide highly usef...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hormes JT,Chappuis JL

更新日期：1993-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An in vivo study to measure rat spinal cord blood flow in real-time at the site of compression using a newly developed device. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the change in thoracic spinal cord blood flow by compression force and to clarify the association between blood flow recovery and motor deficiency after a s...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hamamoto Y,Ogata T,Morino T,Hino M,Yamamoto H

更新日期：2007-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Observational. OBJECTIVE:The authors present a detailed description of 25 skeletally immature patients with Chance fractures with a mean follow-up of 6.4 years. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Since the legislation mandating seat belt usage in Canada was first introduced, the fatality rate of automobile colli...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Mulpuri K,Jawadi A,Perdios A,Choit RL,Tredwell SJ,Reilly CW

更新日期：2007-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study has been made of 264 posterior spinal fusions performed between 1972 and 1978 at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati. Two hundred ten of the procedures were performed under hypotensive anesthesia. Blood loss and total blood replacement were related to the mean arterial pressure (MAP) during...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lawhon SM,Kahn A 3rd,Crawford AH,Brinker MS

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurogenic claudication is diagnosed from a classical history and complementary spinal imaging. The abnormal signs may be few. It should be distinguished from intermittent claudication (peripheral vascular disease), referred pain from the back or root pain that is aggravated by walking, and psychological distress. Pat...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Porter RW

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00