Digital image processing, a potential noninvasive technique in the diagnosis of diseased intervertebral discs.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective database review of a prospectively maintained neurosurgical database. OBJECTIVE:The surgical management of cervical spinal epidural abscesses (CSEA) is reviewed examining the shift from single to staged anteroposterior decompression and stabilization. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:CSEA managem...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ghobrial GM,Viereck MJ,Margiotta PJ,Beygi S,Maulucci CM,Heller JE,Vaccaro AR,Harrop JS

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A roentgen stereophotogrammetric (RS) technique using metallic markers was used to determine in vivo three-dimensional (3-D) motion data in the post-operative cervical spine. Two patients were examined with RS following fusion for up to 12 months at scheduled intervals. OBJECTIVES:The study was designed t...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lee S,Harris KG,Goel VK,Clark CR

更新日期：1994-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:We report on a 54-year-old man with chronic lower back pain after recent streptococcus pneumoniae pulmonary infection, resulting in a mycotic aortic aneurysm and spondylodiscitis of the eighth vertebrae 6 months later. Successful surgical treatment and recurrence-free survival after 4 years are described. ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Englert C,Aebert H,Lenhart M,Solleder A,Nerlich M,Neumann C

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective follow-up study. OBJECTIVE:Assessment of the relation between accomplishment of pain relief through percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) in painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs) and the cemented fraction of the vertebral body and subsequent determination of the optimal in...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Nieuwenhuijse MJ,Bollen L,van Erkel AR,Dijkstra PD

更新日期：2012-09-15 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:Analysis of clinical database material collected prospectively. OBJECTIVE:Examination of the association between lateralization of scoliotic curves and the existence of underlying disease. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:It has been suggested that left thoracic scoliosis configurations are intrinsically patho...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Goldberg CJ,Moore DP,Fogarty EE,Dowling FE

更新日期：1999-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective longitudinal study. OBJECTIVE.: To investigate, using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the influence of bed rest on the lumbopelvic musculature. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Reduced gravitational loading and inactivity (bed rest) are known to result in significant change in musculoskeletal func...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hides JA,Belavý DL,Stanton W,Wilson SJ,Rittweger J,Felsenberg D,Richardson CA

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A cross-sectional study to evaluate the long-term result of posterolateral (PLF), anterior (AF), and circumferential fusion (CF) for isthmic spondylolisthesis. OBJECTIVES:To assess the long-term effects of PLF, AF, or CF for high-grade isthmic spondylolisthesis on lumbar spine in children and adolescents ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Remes V,Lamberg T,Tervahartiala P,Helenius I,Schlenzka D,Yrjönen T,Osterman K,Seitsalo S,Poussa M

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chylothorax as a complication of anterior thoracic spine fusion is described in the case of a male with congenital kyphosis. Treatment with protracted chest tube drainage was required, along with dietary modification in which fat ingestion was restricted. This complication is reported to occur in 0.2% of intrathoracic...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Colletta AJ,Mayer PJ

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective field study of work exposure and changes in back function. OBJECTIVE:Quantify dynamic physical exposures in the workplace and their association with decreases in kinematic back function (indicative of low back pain [LBP]). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Previous epidemiologic studies of work have...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Marras WS,Lavender SA,Ferguson SA,Splittstoesser RE,Yang G

更新日期：2010-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective radiographic and clinical study. OBJECTIVE:To examine the long-term outcome of selective thoracic fusion (STF) performed for lumbar "C" modifier curves in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The efficacy of STF in lumbar "C" false double major curves is controversial...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Chang MS,Bridwell KH,Lenke LG,Cho W,Baldus C,Auerbach JD,Crawford CH 3rd,O'Shaughnessy BA

更新日期：2010-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case series from a single spine specialty clinic. OBJECTIVE:This study analyzed wound related or anaphylactic adverse events in patients re-exposed to rhBMP-2. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The use of recombinant bone morphogenetic protein (rhBMP-2) as a bone graft substitute is increasing. There is concern...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Carreon LY,Glassman SD,Brock DC,Dimar JR,Puno RM,Campbell MJ

更新日期：2008-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of mathematical and other types of models for the study of the biomechanics of scoliosis is reviewed in this article. The article is based on a talk presented at the 1987 Meeting of the Scoliosis Research Society. ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Schultz AB

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective clinical study on the effect of percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) in the treatment of intravertebral pseudarthrosis caused by avascular necrosis of a vertebral body. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the efficacy of PVP in the treatment of spinal instability associated with avascular necrosis. SUMMA...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Jang JS,Kim DY,Lee SH

更新日期：2003-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the detailed arrangements of vascular terminations in the region of the vertebral end-plate in adult dogs, infusions of Japanese ink mixed with a suspension of barium sulfate were used to produce filling of the vascular terminations at the vertebral end-plates. Radiographs were made of the decalcifie...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Crock HV,Goldwasser M

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A biomechanical cadaveric study in lumbar calf spine. OBJECTIVE:Evaluation of the effects of selected degrees of freedom (df) on the dynamic stabilization of the spine in terms of segmental range of motion (RoM), center of rotation (CoR), and implant loadings. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:For dorsal stabil...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Schulze M,Hartensuer R,Gehweiler D,Vordemvenne T,Raschke MJ,Trautwein F,Heuer F

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the summers of 1987 and 1988, 14 cervical spine injuries sustained during bodysurfing accidents at the beaches around Ocean City, Maryland presented to our Neurotrauma service. All the patients were men, predominantly in their middle years (mean age = 40), and otherwise healthy. Likely mechanisms of injury sugg...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cheng CL,Wolf AL,Mirvis S,Robinson WL

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective study investigated the progression risk of juvenile scoliosis until skeletal maturity or spinal fusion. OBJECTIVES:To define risk factors of curve progression during pubertal growth and analyze the timing of arthrodesis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Juvenile scoliosis is characterized by a ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Charles YP,Daures JP,de Rosa V,Diméglio A

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Posterolateral lumbar fusions were performed in nicotine-exposed, New Zealand white rabbits. Animals that developed a pseudarthrosis were then regrafted with no graft, autograft, or osteogenic protein-1 (OP-1). OBJECTIVES:To establish a model of pseudarthrosis repair and to evaluate the ability of OP-1 to...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Grauer JN,Vaccaro AR,Kato M,Kwon BK,Beiner JM,Patel TC,Hilibrand AS,Chiba K,Albert TJ

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rectus abdominis muscles of young healthy female volunteers were studied to determine both the maximum strength in isometric flexion and the relation between the surface electromyogram (RMS EMG) and torque. Both the upper and lower portions of the abdominal muscle were studied during graded increase and decrease of to...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Stokes IA,Moffroid M,Rush S,Haugh LD

更新日期：1989-08-01 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：STUDY DESIGN:Review article. OBJECTIVES:To review the medical literature and comprehensively discuss the management of bladder and sexual dysfunction after spinal cord injury. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The physiologic alterations that accompany spinal cord injury can lead to significant bladder and sexual dysfunctio...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Burns AS,Rivas DA,Ditunno JF

更新日期：2001-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case of primary Ewing sarcoma of the lumbar spine is presented. OBJECTIVE:To present and review a rare case of primary Ewing sarcoma of the lumbar spine that required differentiation from spinal infection. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Primary Ewing sarcoma originating from the spinal column is very rare....

journal_title：Spine

authors： Akeda K,Kasai Y,Kawakita E,Seto M,Kono T,Uchida A

更新日期：2009-04-20 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:Randomized, controlled study. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of infliximab on herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP) resorption. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Although the effects of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) on HNP resorption are not fully understood, TNF-alpha appears to be an essential mediator...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Autio RA,Karppinen J,Niinimäki J,Ojala R,Veeger N,Korhonen T,Hurri H,Tervonen O

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On the basis of previous studies on the vertebral column and thoracic skeleton, the author generated a hypothesis for the mechanism of production of scoliosis. According to this hypothesis, vertical stability of the thoracic spine is maintained by equal support through the ribs from both sides due to the equal load br...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Pal GP

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Experimental study with human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and intervertebral disc (IVD) tissue samples. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to characterize the effect of MSC homing on the Tie2-positive IVD progenitor cell population, IVD cell survival, and proliferation. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Homing of hum...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wangler S,Peroglio M,Menzel U,Benneker LM,Haglund L,Sakai D,Alini M,Grad S

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective study of 78 patients with right thoracic idiopathic scoliosis was done. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the reliability of the integrated Shape Imaging System scan (Oxford Metrics Ltd, Oxford, UK) in detecting progression of scoliosis and the use of back shape data in predicting scoliosis progressi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Theologis TN,Fairbank JC,Turner-Smith AR,Pantazopoulos T

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Radiographic analysis, outcomes analysis (pain scale, Oswestry, SRS-24), and accumulation of complications. Outcomes and complications collected prospectively. Radiographic analysis performed retrospectively. OBJECTIVES:To assess the benefits and stress complications of pedicle subtraction osteotomies for...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Bridwell KH,Lewis SJ,Edwards C,Lenke LG,Iffrig TM,Berra A,Baldus C,Blanke K

更新日期：2003-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Electromyographic studies have determined that muscle imbalance and asymmetry of stretch receptors in the paraspinal muscle of patients with idiopathic scoliosis may have a large role to play in the development and production of the deformity. This project consisted of a detailed histologic and histochemical analysis ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ford DM,Bagnall KM,Clements CA,McFadden KD

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00