Atlantoaxial arthrodesis in the presence of posterior spondyloschisis (bifid arch) of the atlas. A report of three cases and an evaluation of alternative wiring techniques by computerized tomography.

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:: A retrospective study. OBJECTIVE:: To evaluate the safety of free-hand pedicle screw placement during revision surgery at levels with a solid posterior fusion mass and/or identified pseudarthroses of the thoracic and lumbosacral spine. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:: Placement of pedicle screws into previ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kim YW,Lenke LG,Kim YJ,Bridwell KH,Kim YB,Watanabe K,Watanabe K

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Normal, sham, and groups of chickens subjected to pinealectomy from which serum melatonin levels were measured and correlated with scoliosis development in a period of 5 weeks. OBJECTIVES:To measure serum melatonin levels in chickens subjected to pinealectomy and control chickens and correlate findings wi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wang X,Moreau M,Raso VJ,Zhao J,Jiang H,Mahood J,Bagnall K

更新日期：1998-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The possible role of phospholipase A2 in an animal model for lumbar radiculopathy and mechanisms of epidural steroid injections were studied. OBJECTIVES:To clarify the pathophysiologic mechanism of the recently proved animal model for lumbar radiculopathy and to characterize further the mechanisms of acti...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lee HM,Weinstein JN,Meller ST,Hayashi N,Spratt KF,Gebhart GF

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Finite element and in vitro study. OBJECTIVE:Finite element calculations to delineate a dynamic fixator and confirmation with an in vitro experiment. SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND DATA:In the last few years, there was a paradigm shift from rigid to dynamic fixation of spinal segments. However, some so-called dy...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wilke HJ,Heuer F,Schmidt H

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This study analyzed the relationship of disc degeneration to atherosclerotic changes in the abdominal aorta and stenosis of the ostia of the lumbar and middle sacral arteries, 86 plain radiographs of lumbosacral spines, and the corresponding abdominal aortas were evaluated in connection with routine autops...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kauppila LI,Penttilä A,Karhunen PJ,Lalu K,Hannikainen P

更新日期：1994-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrieval analysis of 2 Ti-6Al-4V alloy rods that fractured after spinal instrumentation surgery. OBJECTIVE:To determine the mechanism that underlies fractures of Ti-6Al-4V alloy rods after spinal instrumentation surgery from a materials science viewpoint. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Rod failures after sp...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yamanaka K,Mori M,Yamazaki K,Kumagai R,Doita M,Chiba A

更新日期：2015-07-01 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:Literature review and discussion. OBJECTIVE:To discuss the role played by beliefs, expectations, coping, and depression in the transition to chronicity in whiplash-associated disorders (WAD), and to discuss their clinical and research implications. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Psychological factors are imp...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Carroll LJ

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report of a solitary osteochondroma of the cervical spine causing myelopathy in a 66-year-old woman. OBJECTIVES:To review the relevant literature and describe a highly unusual clinical manifestation of solitary osteochondroma. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Osteochondromas are common benign bony lesions...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ratliff J,Voorhies R

更新日期：2000-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Herophilus (325-255 B. C.) is one of the group that has been called the great Greek physicians. All members of this group lived during the last 400 years of Greek intellectual leadership and the first 200 years of Roman domination. Herophilus was born in the Greek town of Chalcedon. He received his medical training un...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wiltse LL,Pait TG

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective study on the correlation between preoperative pulmonary function tests, preoperative pulmonary symptoms, and postoperative pulmonary complications. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the incidence of immediate postoperative pulmonary complications and their correlation to pulmonary function tests, preo...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Zhang JG,Wang W,Qiu GX,Wang YP,Weng XS,Xu HG

更新日期：2005-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective, case-control, matched cohort. OBJECTIVE:Compare the radiographic and clinical outcomes of adult spinal deformity patients treated with thoracic pedicle screw (TPS) or thoracic hook constructs. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The efficacy of TPS instrumentation for pediatric spinal deformity cor...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bess RS,Lenke LG,Bridwell KH,Cheh G,Mandel S,Sides B

更新日期：2007-03-01 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:Recall of the informed consent process in patients undergoing adult spinal deformity surgery and their family members was investigated prospectively. OBJECTIVE:To quantify the percentage recall of the most common complications discussed during the informed consent process in adult spinal deformity surgery...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Saigal R,Clark AJ,Scheer JK,Smith JS,Bess S,Mummaneni PV,McCarthy IM,Hart RA,Kebaish KM,Klineberg EO,Deviren V,Schwab F,Shaffrey CI,Ames CP

更新日期：2015-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A descriptive cadaveric study. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the anatomy and innervation of the uncovertebral joint to determine if it is synovial in nature and capable of generating pain. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There is controversy with regard to the anatomic and histological makeup of the uncovertebral ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Brismée JM,Sizer PS Jr,Dedrick GS,Sawyer BG,Smith MP

更新日期：2009-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A study examining the clinical protocol of scoliosis wound irrigation, demonstrating povidone-iodine's (PVI) effect on human osteoblast cells. Primary and immortal cell line osteoblasts were treated with 0.35% PVI for 3 minutes, and analyzed for proliferation rate, oxidative capacity, and mineralization. ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Newton Ede MP,Philp AM,Philp A,Richardson SM,Mohammad S,Jones SW

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A validated nonlinear three-dimensional finite element model of a single lumbar motion segment (L3-L4) was used to evaluate a range of moduli for ideally conforming nucleus replacement devices. OBJECTIVE:The objective of the current study was to determine the biomechanical effects of nucleus replacement t...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Rundell SA,Guerin HL,Auerbach JD,Kurtz SM

更新日期：2009-09-01 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: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：STUDY DESIGN:Experimental investigation of the dynamics of nerve root circulation. OBJECTIVES:To study the dynamics of lumbosacral nerve root circulation by using seriography in dogs. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The vascular distribution to the nerve root has been discussed mainly from the morphologic aspects, and no ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kobayashi S,Yoshizawa H,Nakai S

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case-control study. OBJECTIVE:We designed a case-control study to analyze the risk factors associated with the development of heterotopic ossification (HO) in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Patients with spinal cord injury have a high risk of developing HO, althoug...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Citak M,Suero EM,Backhaus M,Aach M,Godry H,Meindl R,Schildhauer TA

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report of a rare disease entity and review of the literature. OBJECTIVES:To illustrate the occurrence of an unusual disease affecting the spine and spinal canal. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Rosai-Dorman disease is considered an idiopathic benign lymphoproliferative disease that typically occurs in ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hollowell JP,Wolfla CE,Shah NC,Mark LP,Whittaker MH

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An in vitro study using ovine intervertebral discs to correlate the effects of increasing advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) with disc hydration evaluated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). OBJECTIVE:To determine the relationship between the level of AGEs and tissue water content in intervertebral d...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Jazini E,Sharan AD,Morse LJ,Dyke JP,Aronowitz EB,Chen LK,Tang SY

更新日期：2012-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional cohort study. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to develop and validate a patient-completed screening questionnaire for axial spondyloarthropathy for use in the United Kingdom. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Axial spondyloarthropathy (axial SpA) can be difficult to diagnose in the early sta...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hamilton L,Macgregor A,Newman D,Belkhiri A,Toms A,Gaffney K

更新日期：2013-03-15 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: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：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:A prospective follow-up study to detect the early neurological improvement after decompression surgery and to clarify its correlation with the late neurological outcome in patients with cervical compression myelopathy. OBJECTIVE:To reveal the suitability of a simple performance, 15-second grip-and-release...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hosono N,Takenaka S,Mukai Y,Makino T,Sakaura H,Miwa T,Kaito T

更新日期：2012-07-01 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