Microlumbar discectomy: followup of 147 patients.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This is a case report of a posterior extrusion of the polyethylene core from a CHARITÉ arthroplasty. This is the first reported case of posterior dislocation of the polyethylene and the revision strategies used to correct this problem. OBJECTIVE:To report a novel failure mechanism and revision strategy fo...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Eskander MS,Onyedika II,Eskander JP,Connolly PJ,Eck JC,Lapinsky A

更新日期：2010-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case series. OBJECTIVE:To present the difficulty of diagnosing the origin of lower leg pain in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and hip joint arthritis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Pain arising from a degenerated hip joint is sometimes localized to the lower leg. Patients with lumbar spinal disease ma...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Saito J,Ohtori S,Kishida S,Nakamura J,Takeshita M,Shigemura T,Takazawa M,Eguchi Y,Inoue G,Orita S,Takaso M,Ochiai N,Kuniyoshi K,Aoki Y,Ishikawa T,Arai G,Miyagi M,Kamoda H,Suzuki M,Sakuma Y,Oikawa Y,Kubota G,In

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective review of 326 female patients with untreated idiopathic scoliosis was performed to determine what factors might be useful in predicting the risk of curve progression. Components such as family history, height-weight ratio, lumbosacral transitional anomalies, kyphosis, lordosis, and trunk balance were n...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bunnell WP

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:In this study, data are presented that provide the surgeon with additional information about the internal structure of the thoracic pedicle, which is especially useful for pedicle screw fixation in the thoracic spine. OBJECTIVES:To quantify the internal structure of the pedicle in the thoracic spine. SUM...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kothe R,O'Holleran JD,Liu W,Panjabi MM

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Experimental biomechanics of multilevel segments with 0, 1, 2, and 3 vertebral levels of polymethylmethacrylate augmentation. OBJECTIVE:To compare multilevel spinal segments with different numbers (0, 1, 2, and 3) of vertebral levels augmented with polymethylmethacrylate. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The s...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kayanja MM,Schlenk R,Togawa D,Ferrara L,Lieberman I

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:A 74-year-old man suffered an extensive right hemispheric infarct 72 hours after undergoing anterior corpectomies of the C4 and C5 vertebrae for cervical myelopathy resulting from ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament. RESULTS:Angiography revealed proximal right internal caroti...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Chozick BS,Watson P,Greenblatt SH

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Descriptive histologic analysis of spinal cord gene therapy. OBJECTIVE:To maximize protein expression in rat spinal cord using recombinant adenoassociate virus viral vector. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There are few reports of spinal cord genetic transfer. There have been no reports that compare technique...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Harrop JS,Poulsen DJ,Xiao W,Freese A,During MJ

更新日期：2004-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A cadaveric study was done to investigate the variability of interfacet distances from C3 to C7, to learn pedicle morphology at C7-T2, and to determine potential dangers of plate-screw osteosynthesis technique of the cervical spine. Twenty-two cadavers were dissected from C2 to C7 to expose the lateral masses and nerv...

journal_title：Spine

authors： An HS,Gordin R,Renner K

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case of destructive spondyloarthropathy was reported. OBJECTIVES:To describe the rapid destruction of intervertebral disc and vertebral body as a consequence of destructive spondyloarthropathy in a patients with end-stage renal disease receiving hemodialysis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:An important fac...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Chow KM,Griffith JF,Fung KY,Szeto CC

更新日期：2005-01-01 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:Prospective randomized study. OBJECTIVES:To compare two support systems for positioning patients during microdiscectomy (i.e., prone on a modified Relton-Hall spine support vs. knee-chest position on an Andrews-type table) regarding their effects on intra-abdominal pressure and surgical bleeding. SUMMARY...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Rigamonti A,Gemma M,Rocca A,Messina M,Bignami E,Beretta L

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A survey of pain intensity and psychological symptoms in patients with chronic neck pain after whiplash injury. OBJECTIVES:To describe the pain and psychological profiles of patients with chronic whiplash. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Reports in the literature mention a constellation of symptoms associated...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wallis BJ,Lord SM,Barnsley L,Bogduk N

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled study. OBJECTIVE:To report the results of using the PediGuard (SpineGuard, Inc., San Francisco, CA), a local electrical conductivity measurement device, to reduce radiation exposure while drilling the pilot hole for pedicle screw placement. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:R...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Chaput CD,George K,Samdani AF,Williams JI,Gaughan J,Betz RR

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A technical report of fluoroscopically assisted percutaneous translaminar facet screw fixation after anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF). OBJECTIVES:To describe a minimally invasive translaminar facet screw fixation technique that was modified from the Magerl method, and to assess its technical feasib...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Shim CS,Lee SH,Jung B,Sivasabaapathi P,Park SH,Shin SW

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Changes in the electrophysiologic response of spinal dorsal horn neurons elicited by peripheral electrical stimulation were examined. OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether the electrical stimulation of peripheral nerves causes an inhibition of pain at the spinal cord level. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The wide...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hanai F

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report. OBJECTIVE:To describe a case of traumatic lumbosacral spondyloptosis and present a literature review. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Traumatic spondyloptosis is a very rare injury caused by high-energy trauma. Eight cases of traumatic spondyloptosis of L5-S1 have been reported, including only ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wangtaphan W,Oo M,Paholpak P,Wang Z,Sakakibara T,Kasai Y

更新日期：2012-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to describe a technique of temporary distal fixation to the ilium to salvage an acute L4 fracture following a T3-L4 kyphoscoliosis correction. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Pedicle fracture is a possible complication in pedicle screw fixation for scoliosis,...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kato S,Lewis SJ

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective cohort study of Cobb angles (CA) and apical vertebral rotations (AVR) in 25 patients who had adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. OBJECTIVE:To assess in vivo the concomitant vertebral derotation occurring with correction of scoliosis deformity as a result of coupling effect by using the fulcrum ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Luk KD,Cheung WY,Wong Y,Cheung KM,Wong YW,Samartzis D

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a brief review of the life and contributions to neurologic science of Sir William Gowers. He was a neurologist in England in the late 19th century who, before the availability of modern diagnostic aids, established the importance of clinical examination, including history and physical signs, in the diagnosis o...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Mulholland RC

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report. OBJECTIVE:We report the unusual case of a patient who was referred to our institution after she sustained an intraoperative injury to the common iliac vein during posterior lumbar discectomy at L5-S1 with a pituitary rongeur. There was only minimal bleeding with spontaneous hemostasis and no ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bydon A,Xu R,Conte JV,Gokaslan ZL,Brinker JA,Witham TF,Yassari R

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE:To compare morbidity and mortality between nonagenarians and other older adult patients who underwent elective spine surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There is a lack of information of the perioperative risks of nonagenarians undergoing spine surgery. METHODS:Data...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Oichi T,Oshima Y,Matsui H,Fushimi K,Tanaka S,Yasunaga H

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect on the lumbosacral spine of long spinal fusion in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis was studied in 22 patients. The average duration of follow-up was 12.8 years. Corrections of the coronal curves through instrumentation were satisfactory. However, a kyphosis was produced at the fused segment of the lumbar spi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Luk KD,Lee FB,Leong JC,Hsu LC

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This study analyzed the effects of the autologous nucleus pulposus (NP) on nerve root function using electrophysiologic methods. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the chronic effects of the NP applied to nerve roots and dorsal root ganglions (DRGs) on ectopic firing and nerve conduction velocity. SUMMARY OF BACK...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ozawa K,Atsuta Y,Kato T

更新日期：2001-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to describe trunk strength and lumbar paraspinal muscle activity across five angles of flexion during isometric exercise and rest in chronic low-back pain patients and control subjects. High muscle tension as measured by surface integrated electromyography is predicted by a muscle spasm m...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cassisi JE,Robinson ME,O'Conner P,MacMillan M

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Consecutive case-series. OBJECTIVE:The main purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between the preoperative neurological status and subsequent survival of patients undergoing surgical treatment for symptomatic spinal metastases. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The survival of cancer patients ha...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Vanek P,Bradac O,Trebicky F,Saur K,de Lacy P,Benes V

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence rate of musculoskeletal problems, especially low back pain and severe low back pain in a randomly selected sample of 1,773 construction workers was studied. Its relationship to physical and psychosocial factors was analyzed. The workers answered a postal questionnaire. Workload was measured by means of ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Holmström EB,Lindell J,Moritz U

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis of indications, techniques, results of stabilization and decompression of 100 consecutive spinal tumour cases was carried out. Localized metastatic disease is best operated anteriorly. Primary malignancies are best treated with en bloc resection. Pain relief in metastatic disease is achieved by rigid stabi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kostuik JP,Errico TJ,Gleason TF,Errico CC

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

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:The authors report a case of an atlas fracture at the anterior arch. OBJECTIVE:To discuss the difficulty in diagnosing this type fracture. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Fractures of the atlas are not uncommon, and actually constitute 10% of all cervical spine injuries in adults. However, in the pediatric po...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bayar MA,Erdem Y,Ozturk K,Buharali Z

更新日期：2002-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Anterior single or dual-rod instrumentation may be performed for the treatment of main thoracic, thoracolumbar, or lumbar adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) curves. OBJECTIVE:To compare the results of anterior dual-rod instrumentation in single-major AIS curves with our previous experience using single...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hurford RK Jr,Lenke LG,Lee SS,Cheng I,Sides B,Bridwell KH

更新日期：2006-09-15 00:00:00