Axis fractures resulting from motor vehicle accidents. The need for occupant restraints.

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 total of 12 human cervical spines were tested in vitro in a biomechanical nondestructive set-up to compare the primary stability of different posterior cervical instrumentations after a bilevel corpectomy. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the primary 3-dimensional stability with special focus on the impact of cerv...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Schmidt R,Koller H,Wilke HJ,Brade J,Zenner J,Meier O,Ferraris L,Mayer M

更新日期：2010-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This study examined the differences in tactile hypersensitivity across 6 different strains of male mice, and between male and female rats of 3 different strains in a rodent model of low back pain associated with lumbar radiculopathy. OBJECTIVE:We investigated the possibility that differences in tactile al...

journal_title：Spine

authors： LaCroix-Fralish ML,Rutkowski MD,Weinstein JN,Mogil JS,Deleo JA

更新日期：2005-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-four volunteer asymptomatic men between 18 and 40 years of age were evaluated as to their ability to lift. An innovative isokinetic device was used to measure lifting force. This device does not isolate any specific body part, yet it measures the muscular force of lifting an object whose speed of ascent is cont...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Porterfield JA,Mostardi RA,King S,Ariki P,Moats E,Noe D

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Experimental dog model of acute spinal cord injury. OBJECTIVE:To compare the relative value of methylprednisolone, surgical decompression, or both for the treatment of traumatic spinal cord injury. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Acute spinal cord injury results from both primary damage to the spinal cord at ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Rabinowitz RS,Eck JC,Harper CM Jr,Larson DR,Jimenez MA,Parisi JE,Friedman JA,Yaszemski MJ,Currier BL

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This study developed and independently applied a spine tumor classification system, referred to as the Weinstein-Boriani-Biagini system, in a retrospective analysis of a series of patients with spinal giant cell tumors from three institutions. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate factors of potential prognostic signific...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hart RA,Boriani S,Biagini R,Currier B,Weinstein JN

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective study in two groups of patients selected randomly. OBJECTIVES:To determine whether keeping the outer and inner cortices of the ilium intact, while obtaining bone graft, would result in reduced postoperative bleeding and less postoperative pain. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Donor site complica...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Mirovsky Y,Neuwirth MG

更新日期：2000-07-01 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:The presence or absence of rapidly centralizing, peripheralizing, or abolishing low back and radiating pain, as identified during a McKenzie mechanical lumbar assessment of patients with chronic lumbar pain, was compared prospectively with discographic pain provocation and anular competency. OBJECTIVES:To...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Donelson R,Aprill C,Medcalf R,Grant W

更新日期：1997-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were carried out on cadaveric lumbar spines to determine the mechanical function of the apophyseal joints. It was found that they resist most of the intervertebral shear force and share in resisting the intervertebral compressive force, but only in lordotic postures. They prevent excessive movement from da...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Adams MA,Hutton WC

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of prospective data. OBJECTIVE:To assess the relationship between MRI signal intensity changes, clinical presentation, and surgical outcome in degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Several studies have sought to assess the extent of spinal cord dysfunct...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Nouri A,Martin AR,Kato S,Reihani-Kermani H,Riehm LE,Fehlings MG

更新日期：2017-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report and literature review of the five previous case reports. OBJECTIVES:To outline the features of Torulopsis glabrata spinal osteomyelitis, including its risk factors, diagnosis, and recommended treatments. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Fungal infections in general and Torulopsis glabrata in part...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Curran MP,Lenke LG

更新日期：1996-04-01 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:Systematic review and meta-analysis. OBJECTIVE:To compare the treatment effects of observational studies versus randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in cervical disc arthroplasty. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:RCTs can be logistically challenging and sometimes insufficiently generalizable; well-designed obse...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Jee YM,Bak JS,Weinlander E,Anderson PA

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This was a human cadaver study to determine the accuracy of conventional radiography and computed radiography in the evaluation of pedicle screw placement and to identify methodology for more precise reading of these examinations. OBJECTIVES:To determine the accuracy of conventional radiography and comput...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Learch TJ,Massie JB,Pathria MN,Ahlgren BA,Garfin SR

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnostic ultrasound is used in research and clinical settings to determine the size of the lumbar spinal canal. When the technique was first introduced, measurements were obtained directly from an A-scan while concurrently viewing a B-scan. However, measurements obtained directly from a B-scan are now commonly used ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Battié MC,Hansson TH,Engel JM,Zeh J,Bigos SJ,Spengler DM

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective assessment of 12 patients with pyogenic spondylitis accompanied by iliopsoas abscess treated by continuous irrigation with our new method between March 2003 and July 2005. OBJECTIVES:To present our method of treatment and to evaluate outcomes of 12 patients undergoing it. SUMMARY OF BACKG...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Tofuku K,Koga H,Yone K,Komiya S

更新日期：2007-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In a random, controlled laboratory study, pedicle screws placed in human cadaveric vertebrae were axially loaded to failure. Three repair methods were tested. Use of low pressure polymethylmethacrylate yielded 149% of the original pullout strength, milled bone yielded 70% of the initial pullout strength, and matchstic...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Pfeifer BA,Krag MH,Johnson C

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective trial. OBJECTIVE:To perform a precise anatomical study of the presacral space and to examine the approach safety of AxiaLIF (axial lumbar interbody fusion) in an anatomical aspect. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:AxiaLIF is a novel, minimally invasive surgery. Though there were a few clinical repo...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Li X,Zhang Y,Hou Z,Wu T,Ding Z

更新日期：2012-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A randomized controlled trial. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of muscle relaxant for muscle blood flow at the trunk muscle in patients with chronic low back pain (LBP). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Paraspinal muscle function is widely believed to play a role and considered to be of etiologic significa...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Sakai Y,Matsuyama Y,Nakamura H,Katayama Y,Imagama S,Ito Z,Okamoto A,Ishiguro N

更新日期：2008-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A posterolateral technique to decompress retropulsed bone from the spinal canal has been employed in nine patients, confirmed with intraoperative canal inspection and pre- and postoperative computed axial tomographic (CAT) evaluation. This technique has allowed reduction of retropulsed bony elements from the spinal ca...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Garfin SR,Mowery CA,Guerra J Jr,Marshall LF

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:We demonstrated the differentiation of notochordal cells by direct observation using a live automated cell imaging system. We also hypothesized that notochordal cells have characteristics of chondrocyte-like cells. OBJECTIVE:To determine characteristics of notochordal cells by matrix protein expression an...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kim JH,Deasy BM,Seo HY,Studer RK,Vo NV,Georgescu HI,Sowa GA,Kang JD

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:To investigate the incidence of acute neurologic complications of use of sublaminar wires with third-generation spine instrumentation for the treatment of idiopathic scoliosis. OBJECTIVES:To assess the safety of sublaminar wires in the surgical treatment of idiopathic scoliosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DAT...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Girardi FP,Boachie-Adjei O,Rawlins BA

更新日期：2000-03-15 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:Mechanical and biochemical analyses of cadaveric and surgically removed discs. OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that fissures in the annulus of degenerated human discs are mechanically and chemically conducive to the ingrowth of nerves and blood vessels. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Discogenic back pain is...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Stefanakis M,Al-Abbasi M,Harding I,Pollintine P,Dolan P,Tarlton J,Adams MA

更新日期：2012-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Experimental study. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the biomechanical stability of screws placed in expanded pedicles, and to compare those with the screws placed in the nonexpanded pedicles in an in vivo model. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Pullout strength of a pedicle screw increases as the diameter of the screw g...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yilmaz G,Demirkiran G,Ozkan C,Daglioglu K,Pekmezci M,Alanay A,Yazici M

更新日期：2009-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Magnetic resonance imaging findings of an increased signal in the cervical cord in patients undergoing surgery for ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament were analyzed to determined whether an increased signal on T2-weighted images correlated with a poorer outcome. OBJECTIVES:To clarify wheth...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Nakamura M,Fujimura Y

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Analysis of positional magnetic resonance images of normal volunteers. OBJECTIVE:To compare the reliability and precision of an active shape model to that of conventional lordosis measurements. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Characterization of lumbar lordosis commonly relies on measurement of angles; these ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Meakin JR,Gregory JS,Smith FW,Gilbert FJ,Aspden RM

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective review of a case of coccygodynia caused by a previously unreported coccygeal morphology. OBJECTIVES:To draw attention to a previously undiagnosed pathology. BACKGROUND:This case adds to the recently described variants of coccygeal anatomy. METHODS:The authors present the case of a 42-yea...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Dennell LV,Nathan S

更新日期：2004-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Lumbar intervertebral joints were subjected to compressive and shear forces calculated to simulate walking with a heavy pack on the back. The joints with articular tropism were found to rotate toward the side of the more oblique facet. The mechanics relating the orientation of the articular facets with joint forces an...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cyron BM,Hutton WC

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00