The biochemistry of the action of chymopapain in relief of sciatica.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A literature review and the authors' clinical experience for the indication of fusion in the degenerative lumbar and cervical spine is provided. OBJECTIVE:To establish absolute and relative criteria for the indication for fusion in the degenerative cervical and lumbar spine. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Fu...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bambakidis NC,Feiz-Erfan I,Klopfenstein JD,Sonntag VK

更新日期：2005-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Three-hole Roy-Camille posterior plates (Howmedica, Inc., Rutherford, NJ) were used to fix severely destabilized fresh cadaveric cervical spines. Fixed spine constructs were tested mechanically in flexion-extension and torsion, and the results were compared with the same characteristics in the intact spine...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Smith ME,Cibischino M,Langrana NA,Lee CK,Parsons JR

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective clinical study of a prospective database. OBJECTIVE:This study aims to determine whether revision spinal fusion surgery is worthwhile in patients older than 75 from a risk-benefit perspective. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The benefits of spinal fusion in patients older than 65 is well documen...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Chang MS,Chang YH,Revella J,Crandall DG

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A population-based, prospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE:To identify demographic, job-related, psychosocial, and clinical factors associated with the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) within 6 weeks from injury (early MRI) among workers' compensation claimants with acute occupational low back pain (L...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Graves JM,Fulton-Kehoe D,Martin DP,Jarvik JG,Franklin GM

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective observational study. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the potential association between fibrinogen, bleeding, and transfusion requirements after scoliosis surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Bleeding complications during and after orthopedic surgery are associated with increased morbidity and mortali...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Carling MS,Jeppsson A,Wessberg P,Henriksson A,Baghaei F,Brisby H

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is a preliminary report of a 10-year investigation of the development of an intervertebral disc prosthesis. Spinal fusion is a method for the treatment of chronic, disabling low-back pain that does not respond to nonoperative treatments. Spinal fusion, however, has various adverse effects, and the results...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lee CK,Langrana NA,Parsons JR,Zimmerman MC

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report of traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation managed by transarticular screw fixation. OBJECTIVES:To present a case with initial failed wire fixation but successful reduction and fixation with transarticular screw fixation and occipitocervical plate stabilization. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:A...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Grob D

更新日期：2001-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Validity and responsiveness study using a randomized clinical trial and prospective cohort study of patients with low back pain (LBP). OBJECTIVE:To provide evidence for construct validity and responsiveness to change of a single-item presenteeism question (SIPQ) in patients with LBP. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUN...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kigozi J,Lewis M,Jowett S,Barton P,Coast J

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biochemical tests that can index bone turnover rate in the patient are increasingly being used in the study and management of osteoporosis. Markers of bone formation and resorption are reviewed here, including their molecular basis, relative strengths and weaknesses in clinical performance, and future potential. A bon...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Eyre DR

更新日期：1997-12-15 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. 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：:Because there is increasing concern about low-back disability and its current medical management, this analysis attempts to construct a new theoretic framework for treatment. Observations of natural history and epidemiology suggest that low-back pain should be a benign, self-limiting condition, that low back-disabilit...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Waddell G

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1981 and 1990, twenty-two patients with incomplete neurologic deficits after thoracolumbar junction fractures were treated by anterior decompression and stabilization. Two patients were unavailable for follow-up examination, eleven underwent spinal canal decompression within 48 hours of injury (Group A); and n...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Clohisy JC,Akbarnia BA,Bucholz RD,Burkus JK,Backer RJ

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:We performed a retrospective study of 668 consecutive patients with congenital spine deformities. OBJECTIVES:To determine the prevalence of Goldenhar conditions in patients with congenital spine deformities, and describe the types of vertebral abnormalities and their treatment. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Tsirikos AI,McMaster MJ

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Automated percutaneous discectomy is a new, safe procedure for treating herniated lumbar discs still contained by the annulus or posterior longitudinal ligament. In 1985, one of the authors reported a percutaneous nucleus aspiration technique using a 2-mm aspiration probe. This small probe produced minimal tissue dama...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Davis GW,Onik G,Helms C

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:To determine the effect of cage/spacer stiffness on the stresses in the bone graft and cage subsidence. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of cage stiffness on the biomechanics of the fused segment in the lumbar region using finite element analysis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There are a wide variety of...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Vadapalli S,Sairyo K,Goel VK,Robon M,Biyani A,Khandha A,Ebraheim NA

更新日期：2006-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Preoperative somatosensory-evoked potentials (SEPs) were retrospectively analyzed and classified, and compared with surgical outcome. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the value of the preoperative SEP waveform in predicting the clinical outcome after surgical management of cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). SUM...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hu Y,Ding Y,Ruan D,Wong YW,Cheung KM,Luk KD

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A study of mechanically induced herniation in punctured ovine discs followed by structural analysis. OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether an annular puncture influences the path that herniation takes by providing direct passage for nucleus through the annulus and therefore whether it increases the risk of acu...

journal_title：Spine

authors： van Heeswijk VM,Thambyah A,Robertson PA,Broom ND

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:: This next issue of Evidence-Based Recommendations for Spine Surgery examines six articles that seek to address pressing and relevant issues in contemporary spine surgery. These articles explore the safety and efficacy of tranexamic acid during lumbar surgery, the utility of post-operative MRI after spinal decompress...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Fisher CG,Vaccaro AR,Patel AA,Whang PG,Thomas KC,Chi J,Mulpuri K,Prasad SK

更新日期：2020-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Axial loading, rotation, and bending were applied to human cadaveric lumbar segments to investigate the changes in disc mechanics with denucleation and incremental delivery of a novel hydrogel nucleus replacement. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of nucleus implant injecti...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Arthur A,Cannella M,Keane M,Singhatat W,Vresilovic E,Marcolongo M

更新日期：2010-05-15 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: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：:The purpose of this study is to describe the biology of spinal lengthening (vertebrodiatasis) in a juvenile goat model. A small Orthofix dynamic fixator was affixed to 5.5 mm pedicular halfpins placed bilaterally at T12, L1, L5 and L6 in six juvenile goats. Distraction was performed across vertebral endplates between ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Stefko RM,Cain JE Jr,Lauerman WC 2nd,Brann C,Platenburg RC,Pyka R

更新日期：1993-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A descriptive epidemiology study. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study is to investigate changes in the utilization of ambulatory surgical procedures performed for intervertebral disc disorders and spinal stenosis between 1994 and 2006 in the United States. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Understanding trends in t...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Best MJ,Buller LT,Eismont FJ

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report of Trichosporon asahii spondylodiscitis. OBJECTIVE:To report the first case of T. asahii spondylodiscitis that developed in a healthy woman at the site of an open lumbar discectomy. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Trichosporon is a genus of basidiomycetous yeasts that is common in nature and a m...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kim KW,Ha KY,Kim MS,Choi SM,Lee JS

更新日期：2008-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report. OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate 2 cases of delayed distant spinal metastasis from a thymoma with comprehensive immunohisto-chemical analysis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Thymoma is a rare slow-growing cancer arising in the mediastinum. Thymomas usually grow invasively into surrounding structures. ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hong B,Nakamura M,Hartmann C,Brandis A,Ganser A,Krauss JK

更新日期：2013-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cadaveric biomechanical study. OBJECTIVE:To quantify the effects of vertebral body augmentation on biomechanics under axial compression by a total disc replacement (TDR) implant. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:TDR is a surgical alternative to lumbar spinal fusion to treat degenerative disc disease. Osteoporo...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yoder JH,Auerbach JD,Maurer PM,Erbe EM,Entrekin D,Balderston RA,Bertagnoli R,Elliott DM

更新日期：2010-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A cross-sectional comparison of vertebral morphology and lumbar lordosis (LL) in adolescents with and without spondylolysis. OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that in addition to LL, vertebral cross-sectional area (CSA) is also associated with spondylolysis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Recent data indicate...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wren TAL,Ponrartana S,Aggabao PC,Poorghasamians E,Skaggs DL,Gilsanz V

更新日期：2018-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The mixed results of two studies on intradiscal therapy with collagenase versus chymopapain are presented. The first study was performed from January 1983 to March 1984 and consisted of 71 patients treated with collagenase injection (600 ABC units) and 93 patients treated with chymopapain injection (4,000 units) into ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hedtmann A,Steffen R,Krämer J

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This rare case of tuberculosis of the arch of atlas illustrates the potential difficulties in making a clinical diagnosis of tuberculosis of the upper cervical spine. Plain roentgenograms may not demonstrate an early lesion of the neural arch, and CT is a valuable adjunct. The use of a halo vest proved a successful al...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Corea JR,Tamimi TM

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00