Lumbar disc degeneration and atherosclerosis of the abdominal aorta.

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Preoperative somatosensory-evoked potentials (SEPs) were retrospectively analyzed and classified, and compared with surgical outcome. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the value of the preoperative SEP waveform in predicting the clinical outcome after surgical management of cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). SUM...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hu Y,Ding Y,Ruan D,Wong YW,Cheung KM,Luk KD

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various techniques of percutaneous lumbar disc surgery have become popular for treating lumbar disc herniations. There is a vast and increasing body of literature on this topic that consists mainly of retrospective, uncontrolled clinical studies, technical articles, and case reports. A literature analysis revealed two...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Mayer HM

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:We performed a retrospective study of spinal roentgenograms of a large cohort of patients suffering from osteogenesis imperfecta. OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of vertebral pars defects (spondylolysis) in patients with osteogenesis imperfecta. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Patients suffering from os...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Verra WC,Pruijs HJ,Beek EJ,Castelein RM

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An in vivo model of scoliosis was established in immature goats. OBJECTIVE:To assess the feasibility, reliability, and complications of the innovative animal model. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Among the methods of creating a scoliotic model, posterior asymmetric tethering of spine yielded encouraging resu...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Zhang YG,Zheng GQ,Zhang XS,Wang Y

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A type of bilateral laminotomy with discectomy for segmental lumbar discogenic disease is presented. The procedure includes wide bilateral decompressive laminotomies and radical partial discectomies, partial V-ostectomy of the adjacent spinous processes, partial facetectomies of the inferior and superior articular pro...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Herron LD,Pheasant HC

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A comparative study was performed in patients with cervical radiculomyelopathy due to soft disc herniation to compare surgical results of laminoplasty with anterior discectomy and arthrodesis. OBJECTIVES:To determine whether posterior decompression without discectomy can be selected for cervical myelopath...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Iwasaki M,Ebara S,Miyamoto S,Wada E,Yonenobu K

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective study. OBJECTIVE:To determine the incidence and risk factors of proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) in young children who underwent posterior instrumented spinal fusion. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:PJK is a well-recognized postoperative complication in adults and adolescents. However, there...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Chen X,Chen ZH,Qiu Y,Zhu ZZ,Li S,Xu L,Sun X

更新日期：2017-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Radiographic results from a prospective, randomized, multicenter trial assessing patients who underwent lumbar total disc replacement (TDR) or circumferential arthrodesis for 1-level degenerative disc disease. OBJECTIVE:To quantify the relative segmental contribution to total lumbar range of motion (ROM) ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Auerbach JD,Jones KJ,Milby AH,Anakwenze OA,Balderston RA

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective cohort. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate changes in bone mineral density (BMD) in the intertransverse fusion mass as representative for the process of bone remodeling after spinal fusion. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Intertransverse bone graft is frequently applied to facilit...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hagenmaier F,Kok D,Hol A,Rijnders T,Oner FC,van Susante JL

更新日期：2013-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An experimental study of cardiovascular complications that arise during vertebroplasty was conducted. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the sequential occurrence of fat embolism and hypotension during vertebroplasty. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Vertebroplasty, the augmentation of vertebrae with polymethylmethacryl...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Aebli N,Krebs J,Davis G,Walton M,Williams MJ,Theis JC

更新日期：2002-03-01 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

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Systematic Review. OBJECTIVES:To assess the effects of massage therapy for nonspecific low back pain. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Low back pain is one of the most common and costly musculoskeletal problems in modern society. Proponents of massage therapy claim it can minimize pain and disability, and spee...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Furlan AD,Imamura M,Dryden T,Irvin E

更新日期：2009-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Six cases of spontaneous fracture of the odontoid process in rheumatoid arthritis are presented. Fifty-one patients with atlantoaxial subluxation in rheumatoid arthritis underwent surgery between 1981 and 1990. This included six patients (in 10%) who had subluxation accompanied by fracture of the odontoid without appa...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Toyama Y,Hirabayashi K,Fujimura Y,Satomi K

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This cross-sectional study was carried out on 196 adults (98 men and 98 women), aged between 18 and 91 years. OBJECTIVE:To examine whether vertebral hemangiomas (VHs) are associated with other spinal pathologies, metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, cancer and past trauma, to shed light on their p...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Slon V,Peled N,Abbas J,Stein D,Cohen H,Hershkovitz I

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This prospective study of 185 patients undergoing first-time lumbar surgery compared how accurately clinical criteria and water-soluble myelography predicted the operative findings. Clinical diagnostic criteria of nerve root pain, root irritation signs, and neurologic signs of root compression supplemented by myelogra...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Morris EW,Di Paola M,Vallance R,Waddell G

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective review of the treatment of chronic back and extremity pain is presented. Laminectomy is most effective for pain secondary to direct compression of the neural elements. Treatment of pseudoradicular pain requires identification of the source of pain input. Facet rhizotomy is specific for pain arising fro...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Oudenhoven RC

更新日期：1979-03-01 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:A detailed three-dimensional finite element model of the spine segment T12-Pelvis was developed to investigate dynamic characteristics of whole lumbar spine with injured cases. OBJECTIVE:This study investigates the motion mechanism of the human lumbar spine and the effect of component injuries on adjacent...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Guo LX,Zhang M,Zhang YM,Teo EC

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The authors have developed technique of using anterior neck derivations to record posterior tibial nerve N28 during operative somatosensory-evoked potential monitoring. OBJECTIVE:This prospective study of 10 patients compared the ease of application of electrodes and stability of waveforms with "tradition...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Helmers SL,Carmant L,Flanigin D

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A historic cohort study of the sagittal alignment in 33 consecutive patients with surgically corrected thoracic Scheuermann kyphosis. OBJECTIVES:To determine if postsurgical imbalance, sagittal malalignment, and decreased lumbar-pelvic range of motion in patients with thoracic Scheuermann kyphosis is rela...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hosman AJ,de Kleuver M,Anderson PG,van Limbeek J,Langeloo DD,Veth RP,Slot GH

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An in vitro human cadaveric study comparing the effects of anterior and posterior sequential destabilization conditions on thoracic functional unit mechanics was studied. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the biomechanical properties of the human thoracic spine. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Few studies have addres...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Oda I,Abumi K,Cunningham BW,Kaneda K,McAfee PC

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:We performed a retrospective review of 126 cases of infectious spondylodiscitis over a 4-year period. OBJECTIVE:Differentiation between pyogenic spondylodiscitis (PS) and tuberculous spondylodiscitis (TS) is essential for deciding on the appropriate therapeutic regimen. The aim of this study was to compar...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kim CJ,Song KH,Jeon JH,Park WB,Park SW,Kim HB,Oh MD,Choe KW,Kim NJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring of electrophysiologic function during intrapedicular fixation of the lumbosacral spine can be useful because this fixation technique has been associated with a significant number of postoperative radicular complications. Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) traditionally have been used to monitor neurolog...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Toleikis JR,Carlvin AO,Shapiro DE,Schafer MF

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective analysis. OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that spinal cord lesions cause postoperative upper extremity palsy. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Postoperative paresis, so-called C5 palsy, of the upper extremities is a common complication of cervical surgery. Although there are several hypotheses r...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hasegawa K,Homma T,Chiba Y

更新日期：2007-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective clinical study. OBJECTIVE:To assess the accuracy of multilevel registration for skip pedicle screw placement during image-guided, computer-assisted spine surgery, in the setting of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Computerized frameless stereotactic image-gu...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Takahashi J,Hirabayashi H,Hashidate H,Ogihara N,Kato H

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:In vitro and modeling study of upper cervical spine (UCS) three-dimensional (3D) kinematics and muscle moment arm (MA) during axial rotation (AR) and flexion extension (FE). OBJECTIVE:To create musculoskeletal models with movement simulation including helical axis (HA) and muscle features. SUMMARY OF BAC...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Dugailly PM,Sobczak S,Moiseev F,Sholukha V,Salvia P,Feipel V,Rooze M,Van Sint Jan S

更新日期：2011-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective propensity score-matched analysis on a national database (MarketScan) between 2006 and 2010. OBJECTIVE:To compare rates of neurological deficits after elective single-level spinal procedures with and without intraoperative neuromonitoring, as well as associated payment differences and geogra...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cole T,Veeravagu A,Zhang M,Li A,Ratliff JK

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective literature review. OBJECTIVE:To assess the quality of randomized controlled trial reporting in spine surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The use of the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) criteria in clinical trials aims to improve adherence to a set of generally accepted p...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Naunheim MR,Walcott BP,Nahed BV,Simpson AK,Agarwalla PK,Coumans JV

更新日期：2011-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional study comparing normal subjects and patients with lumbar disc herniation. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate trunk and knee muscle strength in patients with L4-L5 and/or L5-S1 disc herniation. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Numerous studies have shown that patients with low back pain have weaker trunk mus...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ho CW,Chen LC,Hsu HH,Chiang SL,Li MH,Jiang SH,Tsai KC

更新日期：2005-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Compression-induced changes in the concentration of substance P and VIP (vasoactive intestinal polypeptide), in spinal nerve roots and dorsal root ganglia were studied in an experimental nerve root compression model in pigs. OBJECTIVES:To analyze by radioimmunoassay the concentration of the neuropeptides ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cornefjord M,Olmarker K,Farley DB,Weinstein JN,Rydevik B

更新日期：1995-03-15 00:00:00