Lumbar spine surgery in the elderly. Complications and surgical results.

abstract：:Correlations of age, height, weight, lordosis, and kyphosis with noninvasive spinal mobility measurements were studied in 301 men and 175 women, aged 35-55 years, who suffered from chronic or recurrent low back pain (LBP). Correlations of the different spinal movements with the degree of LBP were analyzed, with correc...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Mellin G

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Two case reports of telangiectatic osteosarcoma treated with complete segmental resection of the spine, including the spinal cord. OBJECTIVES:To report the en bloc tumor excision, including the spinal cord, for telangiectatic osteosarcoma, and discuss the indication of cord transection and influence after...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Murakami H,Tomita K,Kawahara N,Oda M,Yahata T,Yamaguchi T

更新日期：2006-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Longitudinal analysis of prospectively collected data. OBJECTIVE:Investigate potential predictors of poor outcome following surgery for degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:LSS is the most common reason for an older person to undergo spinal surgery, yet little information...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hébert JJ,Abraham E,Wedderkopp N,Bigney E,Richardson E,Darling M,Hall H,Fisher CG,Rampersaud YR,Thomas KC,Jacobs WB,Johnson M,Paquet J,Attabib N,Jarzem P,Wai EK,Rasoulinejad P,Ahn H,Nataraj A,Stratton A,Manson N

更新日期：2020-11-01 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:Prospective measurement of rhBMP-2 from drains in a cohort of patients undergoing posterolateral spinal fusion. OBJECTIVE:To quantify the amount of rhBMP-2 that extravasates into drains after posterolateral fusion using its current commercially available form, rhBMP-2 within an absorbable collagen sponge....

journal_title：Spine

authors： Mok JM,Durrani SK,Piper SL,Hu SS,Deviren V,Berven SH,Burch S

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:: Literature review. OBJECTIVE:: The purpose of this paper is to review clinical treatment strategies and future developments in the treatment of acute spinal cord injury. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:: The treatment of acute spinal cord injury continues to be supportive. The search for specialized pharmac...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hurlbert RJ

更新日期：2006-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective analysis of 10 patients with pancreatitis after traumatic spinal cord injury. OBJECTIVES:To determine the conditions leading to nontraumatic pancreatitis in spinal cord injury. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Little is known in the literature about pancreatitis after spinal cord injury. A few ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Nobel D,Baumberger M,Eser P,Michel D,Knecht H,Stocker R

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trends in rates of low-back strains, low-back impact injuries, and non-low-back injuries among field employees of a petroleum drilling company, 1979-1985, were examined to investigate the relationship between economic factors and the incidence of low-back and other injuries. Economic indicators included the rate of re...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Clemmer DI,Mohr DL

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To perform decompression of the spinal cord and stabilization of the cervical spine in the patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy, subtotal vertebrectomy and spinal fusion of the cervical spine were carried out in 30 patients. In 18 patients, three vertebrectomies and a spinal fusion were carried out, and in 12...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hanai K,Fujiyoshi F,Kamei K

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective case series analysis. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to investigate the degree of difficulty in daily activities of adult spinal deformity (ASD) patients after corrective long fusion to the pelvis, with an emphasis on bend forward activities. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:No prospecti...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Togawa D,Hasegawa T,Yamato Y,Yoshida G,Kobayashi S,Yasuda T,Oe S,Banno T,Arima H,Mihara Y,Ushirozako H,Matsuyama Y

更新日期：2018-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective study of 92 patients who underwent anterior cervical surgery. Intraoperative esophagus retraction and postoperative dysphagia were recorded and evaluated. OBJECTIVE:Early dysphagia after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion is an underestimated side effect. The aim of this study was to inve...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Papavero L,Heese O,Klotz-Regener V,Buchalla R,Schröder F,Westphal M

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to investigate the relative strengths of dural repair using standard suture techniques, suture supplemented with tissue adhesive, and tissue adhesive alone. Uniform 2 mm dural defects were created in adult beagles, repaired, and then subjected to pressurization testing. Defects repaired with ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cain JE Jr,Rosenthal HG,Broom MJ,Jauch EC,Borek DA,Jacobs RR

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the hypothesis that force/distance curve variability distinguishes submaximal from maximal efforts in isokinetic trunk and lifting strength tests. Thirty normal subjects were tested on the Cybex Trunk Extension/Flexion (TEF) and Liftask (LT) machines during maximal (100%) and submaximal (50%) effor...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hazard RG,Reid S,Fenwick J,Reeves V

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Animal experimental study with intervention. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to elucidate therapeutic effects of delayed granulocyte colony-stimulating factor treatment for mechanical allodynia induced by chronic constriction injury (CCI) of the sciatic nerve in rats. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Granu...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Koda M,Furuya T,Kato K,Mannoji C,Hashimoto M,Inada T,Kamiya K,Ota M,Maki S,Okawa A,Takahashi K,Ishikawa T,Yamazaki M

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective case report. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this article is to report an unusual complication of dry needling. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Epidural hematomas after dry needling are quite unusual and only a few cases of epidural hematoma after acupuncture have been reported in the literature. W...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lee JH,Lee H,Jo DJ

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first 17 adults with nonparalytic scoliosis having long fusion to the sacrum treated with the Luque-Galveston technique were reviewed. There were 3 men and 14 women. Their average age at the time of surgery was 47 years and the mean follow-up period was 42 months. There were no neurologic complications and no pati...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Saer EH 3rd,Winter RB,Lonstein JE

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Segmental spinal instrumentation with sublaminar fixation is widely used but a variety of materials and techniques are being employed for both scoliosis and other spinal surgery. This study addresses the question as to which is best. Both the materials and the methods of securing them were studied. The materials teste...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Crawford RJ,Sell PJ,Ali MS,Dove J

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Experimental animal study. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether corticosteroids produce additional benefit to nerve root infiltration (NRI) for experimental lumbar disc herniation. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:NRI is used for nonsurgical treatment of radicular symptoms caused by lumbar disc herniation or lumbar ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Tachihara H,Sekiguchi M,Kikuchi S,Konno S

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An analysis was made of the self-reported medical histories of patients with peripartum pelvic pain. OBJECTIVES:To compile an inventory of the disabilities of patients with peripartum pelvic pain, analyze factors associated with the risk for development of the disease, and to formulate a hypothesis on pat...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Mens JM,Vleeming A,Stoeckart R,Stam HJ,Snijders CJ

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective analysis of the outcome of lumbar microdiscectomy, with independent assessment of outcome. OBJECTIVES:To explore whether the initial positive outcome after microdiscectomy is maintained at long-term follow-up. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Previous reports on long-term outcome after lumbar d...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Findlay GF,Hall BI,Musa BS,Oliveira MD,Fear SC

更新日期：1998-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Because there is increasing concern about low-back disability and its current medical management, this analysis attempts to construct a new theoretic framework for treatment. Observations of natural history and epidemiology suggest that low-back pain should be a benign, self-limiting condition, that low back-disabilit...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Waddell G

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of the posterior edge of the L4-L5 intervertebral disc has been accomplished by applying digital image processing techniques on conventional lateral radiograms of the spine, and the method is described. The results of this study have shown that there can be substantial absorption at the site of the disc ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Panagiotacopulos ND

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective radiological study. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the course of intra-axial vertebral artery (IAVA) and evaluate the relationship between the 3-dimensional (3D) courses for IAVA with respect to safe trajectory for C2 pedicle screw (C2PS). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The VA at the level of C2 has a ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lee SH,Park DH,Kim SD,Huh DS,Kim KT

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the intraoperative use of a somatosensory cortical evoked potential system to monitor spinal cord function during 300 orthopedic surgical procedures. This system requires sophisticated equipment and the establishment of normative data but has performed well with no false negatives noted. The most...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Brown RH,Nash CL Jr,Berilla JA,Amaddio MD

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective. OBJECTIVE:To study the incidence of intraoperative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak in patients with ossified posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) undergoing central cervical corpectomy (CC) and to describe a reliable technique for treating the leak after CC. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Joseph V,Kumar GS,Rajshekhar V

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:In vitro biomechanics. OBJECTIVE:To determine if osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (VCF) augmentation increases adjacent level load transfer. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Osteoporotic VCF subsequent to augmentation may result from disease progression or increased adjacent level load transfer, or ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kayanja MM,Evans K,Milks R,Lieberman IH

更新日期：2006-10-01 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:Randomized clinical trial (level I evidence). OBJECTIVE:To compare the accuracy of non-navigation and Iso-C based navigation in pedicle screw fixation in thoracic spine deformities. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Thoracic pedicle screw insertion for spinal deformity correction can be associated with increase...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Rajasekaran S,Vidyadhara S,Ramesh P,Shetty AP

更新日期：2007-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Destructive compression tests and finite element analyses were conducted to investigate the biomechanical strength at the graft-endplate interface in anterior cervical fusion. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effect of endplate thickness, endplate holes, and bone mineral density of the vertebral body on the ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lim TH,Kwon H,Jeon CH,Kim JG,Sokolowski M,Natarajan R,An HS,Andersson GB

更新日期：2001-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report. OBJECTIVE:To describe an effective surgical option for sacral tuberculosis (TB). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Sacral TB is a rare cause of low back pain. A differential diagnosis of TB should always be made, especially in India where TB cases are on a rampant rise with increasing drug resist...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Shah SP,Kulkarni AG

更新日期：2012-06-15 00:00:00