Spinal cord injury. Review of basic and applied research.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective consecutive series. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of minimal invasive surgery for acute lumbar fractures by means of balloon kyphoplasty with calcium phosphate plus segmental short posterior instrumented fusion. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:In the surgical treatment of lumbar fractures wit...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Korovessis P,Hadjipavlou A,Repantis T

更新日期：2008-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:We compared anterior and posterior surgery for cervical myelopathy resulting from ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament. Surgical techniques, based on shape and distribution of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament, were divided into four technical phases. OBJECTIVES:Long-term ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Goto S,Kita T

更新日期：1995-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The Dallas Pain Questionnaire (DPQ) was developed to assess the amount of chronic spinal pain that affects four aspects (daily and work-leisure activities, anxiety-depression, and social interest) of the patients' lives. Results of the DPQ's statistical properties suggest that the DPQ is an externally reliable instrum...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lawlis GF,Cuencas R,Selby D,McCoy CE

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The possibility of a relationship between discographic pain responses and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality inventory scores was investigated. OBJECTIVES:To determine if patients with elevated Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scale scores were more likely to report pain on the injection of a no...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Block AR,Vanharanta H,Ohnmeiss DD,Guyer RD

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review. OBJECTIVE:To assess the effectiveness of apical lordosating osteotomy (ALO) and minimal segment fixation through a posterior approach for correcting thoracic or thoracolumbar osteoporotic kyphosis (OK). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Current surgical options for OK involve a risk of com...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Chang KW,Chen YY,Lin CC,Hsu HL,Pai KC

更新日期：2005-07-15 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:In vivo animal study. OBJECTIVES:To describe a new porcine disc degeneration model, and to analyze disc remodeling and degeneration after nucleotomy with special view to the different nucleus pulposus (NP) cell types. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Thus far, predominantly smaller animals were used for disc d...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Omlor GW,Nerlich AG,Wilke HJ,Pfeiffer M,Lorenz H,Schaaf-Keim M,Bertram H,Richter W,Carstens C,Guehring T

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A comparison of the electrical thresholds required to evoke myogenic responses from direct stimulation of normal and chronically compressed nerve roots. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether intraoperative electromyographic testing to confirm the integrity of instrumented pedicles should be performed at higher s...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Holland NR,Lukaczyk TA,Riley LH 3rd,Kostuik JP

更新日期：1998-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case-control study. OBJECTIVE:This study is to replicate the association between the promoter polymorphisms of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-3 (-1171 5A/6A rs3025058) and interleukin (IL)-6 genes (-174G/C rs1800795) and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) in a Chinese Han population. SUMMARY OF BACKGR...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Liu Z,Tang NL,Cao XB,Liu WJ,Qiu XS,Cheng JC,Qiu Y

更新日期：2010-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A study on the efficacy of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein 2 (rhBMP-2) in a nonhuman primate anterior interbody fusion model. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the efficacy of rhBMP-2 with an absorbable collagen sponge carrier to promote spinal fusion in a nonhuman primate anterior interbody fusion m...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hecht BP,Fischgrund JS,Herkowitz HN,Penman L,Toth JM,Shirkhoda A

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The relative risk of blood contamination during spine surgery was studied using data collected from 324 procedures. OBJECTIVES:To analyze demographic factors that predict blood-borne pathogens in the population of spine surgery patients, study the rates and patterns of blood contamination in health care w...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wong DA,Jones AA,Lange K

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Concurrent, prospective, randomized, and observational cohort study. OBJECTIVE:To assess the 4-year outcomes of surgery versus nonoperative care. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Although randomized trials have demonstrated small short-term differences in favor of surgery, long-term outcomes comparing surgical...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Weinstein JN,Lurie JD,Tosteson TD,Tosteson AN,Blood EA,Abdu WA,Herkowitz H,Hilibrand A,Albert T,Fischgrund J

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:In vitro study to determine occupational radiation exposure during lumbar fluoroscopy. OBJECTIVES:To assess radiation exposure to the spine surgeon during fluoroscopically assisted thoracolumbar pedicle screw placement. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Occupational radiation exposure during a variety of fluoro...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Rampersaud YR,Foley KT,Shen AC,Williams S,Solomito M

更新日期：2000-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Curve patterns and surgical treatment in 118 consecutive patients with post-poliomyelitic paralytic scoliosis are reviewed. The typical curve pattern was double structural curves, usually including the lumbar spine. Modifying the incision and altering the sequence of instrumentation facilitated both the exposure and i...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Mayer PJ,Dove J,Ditmanson M,Shen YS

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A controlled study with a 6-month follow-up period. OBJECTIVES:To find an explanation for the association between impairment in information processing, i.e., slow reaction times, and chronic low back trouble. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Low back trouble, chronic pain in general, and depression have been a...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Luoto S,Taimela S,Hurri H,Alaranta H

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An in vitro study to determine the intradiscal pressure changes during flexion in levels above a simulated fusion was performed. OBJECTIVES:To determine if intradiscal pressure increases more during flexion in discs above an instrumented spinal segment compared to an uninstrumented segment. SUMMARY OF BA...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Weinhoffer SL,Guyer RD,Herbert M,Griffith SL

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:: Johann Peter Frank (1745-1821) is generally known as one of the founders of the modern Hygiene and Public Health. It is less known his contribution in investigating the pathogenesis of spinal disorders. In his "De Vertebralis Columnae in Morbis Dignitate" (1791), Frank first proposed to use the Latin term "rhachialg...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Riva MA,Anghilieri FM,Belingheri M,Zatti G

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective randomized comparison of anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) plus transpedicular instrumentation plus posterolateral fusion (PLF) (360 degrees fusion) to ALIF plus transpedicular instrumentation without PLF (270 degrees fusion). OBJECTIVES:To compare the clinical outcomes, costs, and utili...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Schofferman J,Slosar P,Reynolds J,Goldthwaite N,Koestler M

更新日期：2001-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Thirty-nine adults and five children with active spinal tuberculosis and resulting kyphosis of the dorsal and lumbar spine who had combined posterior instrumentation and anterior interbody fusion were observed to determine whether the corrected spinal deformity could be maintained until solid fusion. OBJE...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Moon MS,Woo YK,Lee KS,Ha KY,Kim SS,Sun DH

更新日期：1995-09-01 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：STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVE:To examine the demographic characteristics, etiology, and the type and degree of disability of both traumatic and nontraumatic spinal cord injuries (SCIs) managed in a tertiary care hospital in Malaysia. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There is a lack of data on the epidemiolo...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ibrahim A,Lee KY,Kanoo LL,Tan CH,Hamid MA,Hamedon NM,Haniff J

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Human cadaveric biomechanical study. OBJECTIVE:To determine the fixation strength of laterally directed, cortical pedicle screws under physiological loads. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Lateral trajectory cortical pedicle screws have been described as a means of obtaining improved fixation while minimizing ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Baluch DA,Patel AA,Lullo B,Havey RM,Voronov LI,Nguyen NL,Carandang G,Ghanayem AJ,Patwardhan AG

更新日期：2014-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective multi-center study. OBJECTIVE:To identify the morphological features of costovertebral joints and ribs in surgically managed cervical injury patients with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) and to examine its impact on their vital prognosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Several r...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Sawakami K,Watanabe K,Sato T,Miura K,Katsumi K,Hosaka N,Nomura S,Fujikawa R,Kikuchi R,Tashi H,Minato K,Segawa H,Ito T,Ishikawa S,Hirano T,Endo N

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective minimum 5-year follow-up study of the cervical spine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) initially without cervical involvement. OBJECTIVE:To clarify the incidence and aggravation of cervical spine instabilities and their predictive risk factors in patients with RA. SUMMARY OF BACKGR...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yurube T,Sumi M,Nishida K,Miyamoto H,Kohyama K,Matsubara T,Miura Y,Sugiyama D,Doita M,Kobe Spine Conference.

更新日期：2012-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Spine Update on the biopsychosocial model. OBJECTIVE:To review and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the application of the model to spine care. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The biopsychosocial model of illness has had (and will continue to have) a significant impact on spine care. It has changed-in ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Weiner BK

更新日期：2008-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective case series. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the accuracy of screw fixation using intraoperative three-dimensional fluoroscopy-based navigation (ITFN) and to assess the clinical outcomes of this treatment regimen. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The surgical management of symptomatic os odontoideum poses ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Weng C,Tian W,Li ZY,Liu B,Li Q,Wang YQ,Sun YZ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective multicenter study. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to study the incidence of nonneurologic adverse events related to transcranial electric stimulation (TES) for intraoperative spinal cord monitoring (IOM) with motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) (Tc(E)- MEPs) and determine the need for safety p...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yoshida G,Imagama S,Kawabata S,Yamada K,Kanchiku T,Fujiwara Y,Tadokoro N,Takahashi M,Wada K,Yamamoto N,Ushirozako H,Kobayashi K,Yasuda A,Ando M,Tani T,Matsuyama Y

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A laboratory study using isolated ligamentous human cadaveric cervical spines to investigate canal occlusion during (transient) and after (steady-state) axial compressive fracture. OBJECTIVES:To determine whether differences exist between transient and postinjury canal occlusion under axial compressive lo...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Carter JW,Mirza SK,Tencer AF,Ching RP

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique using a vascularized rib pedicle graft and femoral neck allograft is presented as a new method of anterior spine fusion in the treatment of symptomatic post-traumatic kyphosis. The cases of six patients are reviewed who were treated surgically from seven months to 24 years following their initial injury. S...

journal_title：Spine

authors： McBride GG,Bradford DS

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Population-based, case-control and case-crossover study. OBJECTIVE:To investigate associations between chiropractic visits and vertebrobasilar artery (VBA) stroke and to contrast this with primary care physician (PCP) visits and VBA stroke. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Chiropractic care is popular for neck...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cassidy JD,Boyle E,Côté P,He Y,Hogg-Johnson S,Silver FL,Bondy SJ

更新日期：2008-02-15 00:00:00