A comprehensive study of physical parameters, biomechanical properties, and statistical correlations of iliac crest bone wedges used in spinal fusion surgery. III. Multivariable regression analysis and practical formulas for strength prediction.

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：:A 24-year-old man presented with severe low-back pain and paraspinal muscle spasm after exertion. Elevation in temperature, white blood cell count, serum muscle enzymes, and urine myoglobin, as well as computer tomographic evidence of paraspinal muscle edema and necrosis, were present. No etiology could be documented,...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Carr D,Gilbertson L,Frymoyer J,Krag M,Pope M

更新日期：1985-11-01 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:In vitro study to characterize the flexibility of a new total posterior-element system when instrumented to L4-L5 segments. OBJECTIVE:The goal of this in vitro study was to investigate whether an optimized version of the TOPS implant (Impliant Ltd., Ramat Poleg, Israel) is capable to restore the physiolog...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wilke HJ,Schmidt H,Werner K,Schmölz W,Drumm J

更新日期：2006-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A review of the current literature on the role of matrix metalloproteinases in intervertebral disc degeneration. OBJECTIVE:To detail the characteristics of matrix metalloproteinases (classification, structure, substrate specificity and regulation) and to report previous studies of intervertebral discs. S...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Goupille P,Jayson MI,Valat JP,Freemont AJ

更新日期：1998-07-15 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：STUDY DESIGN:Fifty-two practices in the East Midlands, United Kingdom, were included. OBJECTIVES:To test the hypothesis that referral for lumbar spine radiography is cost-effective in primary care patients with low back pain of at least 6 weeks' duration compared with usual care in which referral is not routine. SUMM...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Miller P,Kendrick D,Bentley E,Fielding K

更新日期：2002-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review of acute axis fractures treated at a tertiary referral center. OBJECTIVE:To determine the optimal treatment of axis fractures based on 340 cases from a single institution. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Axis fractures account for almost 20% of acute cervical spine fractures. However, the...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Greene KA,Dickman CA,Marciano FF,Drabier JB,Hadley MN,Sonntag VK

更新日期：1997-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Changes in expression of voltage-dependent ion channel subunits were examined in the radicular pain state. Furthermore, antinociceptive effects of gabapentin on radicular pain were compared with effects on peripheral neuropathic pain. OBJECTIVES:To clarify molecular substrates involved in the development ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Abe M,Kurihara T,Han W,Shinomiya K,Tanabe T

更新日期：2002-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This study evaluated safety, fusion success rate, and clinical outcome of a new lumbar interbody hollow, threaded titanium fusion cage in a multicenter, prospective 236-case program adhering to a United States Food and Drug Administration Investigational Device Exemption controlled protocol. OBJECTIVES:Th...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ray CD

更新日期：1997-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report of a patient with transient paraplegia and spine instability because of sarcoidosis of 2 vertebral bodies. OBJECTIVES:To report a rare case of vertebral sarcoidosis accompanied by transient neurologic symptoms and spine instability, and to discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic management. SU...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Brembilla C,Signorelli A,Lamartina C,Biroli F

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective. OBJECTIVE:With approximately 10,000 new spinal cord injury (SCI) patients in the United States each year, predicting public health outcomes is an important public health concern. Combining all regions of the spine in SCI trials may be misleading if the lumbar and sacral regions (conus) have...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Harrop JS,Naroji S,Maltenfort MG,Ratliff JK,Tjoumakaris SI,Frank B,Anderson DG,Albert T,Vaccaro AR

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Single-center prospective non-randomized matched cohort comparison. OBJECTIVE:To compare elective lumbar spine surgery outcomes for cases triaged through a multidisciplinary spine pathway versus conventional referral processes. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Many health care systems have facilitated low back...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wu A,Liu L,Fourney DR

更新日期：2020-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective clinical study of a prospective database. OBJECTIVE:This study aims to determine whether revision spinal fusion surgery is worthwhile in patients older than 75 from a risk-benefit perspective. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The benefits of spinal fusion in patients older than 65 is well documen...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Chang MS,Chang YH,Revella J,Crandall DG

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cylindrical cages and pedicle screw fixation (PSF) have been used for the setting of a lumbar interbody fusion. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of PSF-nut loosening on lumbar interbody fusion based on the elasto-plateau plasticity of bone characteristics. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The stress-strain...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kim Y,Kim TW

更新日期：2010-03-15 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, 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：: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:This study was designed to investigate prospectively a series of patients with syringomyelia-Chiari I complex operated on by a minimally invasive procedure. OBJECTIVE:The objective was to determine whether a relatively simple and low-risk osteo-dural decompression would obtain as good clinico-radiological...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Di Lorenzo N,Palma L,Palatinsky E,Fortuna A

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A consecutive series of female patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis treated between 1968 and 1977, either with distraction and fusion using Harrington rods (n = 145) or with a brace (n = 122), were followed for at least 20 years after completion of the treatment. OBJECTIVES:To determine the long-...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Danielsson AJ,Nachemson AL

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report of aneurysmal bone cyst of the mobile spine. OBJECTIVE:To present a pediatric case of aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC) of the mobile spine treated successfully by selective arterial embolization (SAE) with n-butyl cyanoacrylate (NBCA). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The endovascular treatment is an i...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Marushima A,Matsumaru Y,Suzuki K,Takigawa T,Kujiraoka Y,Anno I,Matsumura A

更新日期：2009-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An operator-blinded dual modality trial of measurement of lumbar multifidus muscle cross-sectional area was performed. OBJECTIVE:To compare two imaging modalities used for measurement of the lumbar multifidus muscle. METHODS:Ten normal female subjects aged 21-31 years were imaged on two separate days usi...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hides JA,Richardson CA,Jull GA

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective trial of preoperative MRI study in patients with "idiopathic" scoliosis. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the prevalence of neural axis malformations and the clinical relevance of MRI in the evaluation of patients with idiopathic scoliosis undergoing surgical intervention. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DA...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Inoue M,Minami S,Nakata Y,Otsuka Y,Takaso M,Kitahara H,Tokunaga M,Isobe K,Moriya H

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Both the cadaveric and clinical examples of anomalous vertebral artery courses are described. The incidence of this anomaly in the general population and recognition, complications, and treatment options for these patients when undergoing anterior cervical decompression are discussed. OBJECTIVES:Cadaveric...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Curylo LJ,Mason HC,Bohlman HH,Yoo JU

更新日期：2000-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review of long-term outcome of fusion in situ for congenital vertebral anomaly with particular emphasis on cosmesis and the incidence of reoperation. OBJECTIVE:Examination of the success rate of this procedure and of risk factors for failure. BACKGROUND:Fusion in situ is the accepted prophy...

journal_title：Spine

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

更新日期：2002-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:An increasing number of therapeutic spinal injections are performed each year despite little validation in randomized controlled trials. Additional injections are performed for diagnostic purposes of localizing symptomatic nerve roots, again without detailed evaluation of accuracy, specificity, or sensitivity. Drs. Sl...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Slosar PJ Jr,White AH,Wetzel FT

更新日期：1998-10-15 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：STUDY DESIGN:Magnetic resonance images of cervical compression myelopathy were retrospectively analyzed in comparison with surgical outcomes. OBJECTIVES:To investigate which magnetic resonance findings in patients with cervical compression myelopathy reflect the clinical symptoms and prognosis, and to determine the ra...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Morio Y,Teshima R,Nagashima H,Nawata K,Yamasaki D,Nanjo Y

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A single-institution, single-surgeon retrospective review. OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy of posterior only approach with short instrumentation and prolonged suction drainage in managing lumbar pyogenic spondylitis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Several methods of posterior surgical treatment for pyogenic...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kim YM,Choi SM

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review. OBJECTIVE:Anchor stability and prominence are problems with pelvic fixation in pediatric spinal deformity surgery. We compared the new sacral alar iliac (SAI) fixation technique (with a starting point in the sacral ala and in-line anchors deep under the midline muscle flap) with othe...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Sponseller PD,Zimmerman RM,Ko PS,Pull Ter Gunne AF,Mohamed AS,Chang TL,Kebaish KM

更新日期：2010-09-15 00:00:00