Lumbar spinal fusion. Surgical rates, costs, and complications.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors developed and validated a measure of health outcome for patients with low back pain. RESULTS:A questionnaire was developed incorporating the type of questions asked when taking a clinical history. After testing on a sample of 568 patients, three questions were discarded from the questionnaire. Th...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ruta DA,Garratt AM,Wardlaw D,Russell IT

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective study on 24 patients with spinal osteoid osteoma treated with radiofrequency ablation (RFA). OBJECTIVE:To determine if and when computed tomography (CT)-guided RFA is a safe and effective treatment for spinal osteoid osteomas. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Surgery has been considered the stand...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Vanderschueren GM,Obermann WR,Dijkstra SP,Taminiau AH,Bloem JL,van Erkel AR

更新日期：2009-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Cadaver bone for spinal fusion operations is as safe as autografts. The author's 35 years' experience using cadaver bone for interbody spinal fusion operations has led to the development of a simplified bone bank method. Unsterile bone removed from young, fresh cadavers is cut into appropriate sizes and shapes, washed...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cloward RB

更新日期：1980-01-01 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:Retrospective study of instrumentation failure after posterior vertebral column resection (pVCR) in adult spinal deformity (ASD) patients. OBJECTIVE:The morbidity and related risk factors of the instrumentation failure. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Instrumentation failure is another common complication aft...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Wang H,Guo J,Wang S,Yang Y,Zhang Y,Qiu G,Zhang J

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The shape and orientation of the thoracic and lumbar zygapophyseal facets at the T1-L5 level in children were measured and analyzed. OBJECTIVE:To detect the pattern of zygapophyseal facet asymmetry in the thoracic and lumbar spines in children. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Whereas many studies have defined...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Masharawi YM,Peleg S,Albert HB,Dar G,Steingberg N,Medlej B,Abbas J,Salame K,Mirovski Y,Peled N,Hershkovitz I

更新日期：2008-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This study analyzed immunohistological features of the extruded or sequestrated intervertebral disc of the lumbar spine. To clarify the pathogenesis of neovascularization, cells isolated from herniated disc were cultured and examined biologically. OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this study were to characteri...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Doita M,Kanatani T,Harada T,Mizuno K

更新日期：1996-01-15 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:Retrospective review and prospective follow-up of 88 patients who had decompressive laminectomy with or without fusion from 1983 to 1986. OBJECTIVE:To determine the 7- to 10-year outcome of surgery for degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There is limited information on the imp...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Katz JN,Lipson SJ,Chang LC,Levine SA,Fossel AH,Liang MH

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional survey. OBJECTIVE.: To investigate the relationship between low back pain (LBP) and metabolic syndrome (Mets) in community-based Japanese subjects. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA.: Relatively few reports have demonstrated a relationship between general pain and Mets, and none have addressed the...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ono R,Yamazaki S,Takegami M,Otani K,Sekiguchi M,Onishi Y,Hayashino Y,Kikuchi S,Konno S,Fukuhara S

更新日期：2012-06-01 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:Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE:To identify factors associated with blood transfusion for primary posterior lumbar fusion surgery, and to identify associations between blood transfusion and other postoperative complications. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Blood transfusion is a relatively common occurr...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Basques BA,Anandasivam NS,Webb ML,Samuel AM,Lukasiewicz AM,Bohl DD,Grauer JN

更新日期：2015-11-01 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:The effects of electrical stimulation of the sciatic nerve on background electromyographic and static stretch reflex activity of the trunk muscles were studied. OBJECTIVES:To verify the hypotheses that sciatic scoliosis is induced reflexively by radiculopathic pain, and that scoliosis might be maintained ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hirayama J,Takahashi Y,Nakajima Y,Takahashi K,Yamagata M,Moriya H

更新日期：2001-03-15 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:Cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of thoracic scoliosis in patients aged 50 years or older and to investigate the association of adult thoracic scoliosis with age, sex, and thoracic sagittal curve. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The prevalence of adult thoracic scoliosis has not be...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Urrutia J,Zamora T,Klaber I

更新日期：2014-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A 12-week bovine survival study of tethering anterior spine growth that included untethered control subjects. OBJECTIVE:To determine the effects that a flexible cable attached to the anterolateral aspect of the thoracic spine has on spine growth in rapidly growing calves. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The s...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Newton PO,Fricka KB,Lee SS,Farnsworth CL,Cox TG,Mahar AT

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case-control study. OBJECTIVE:To compare health-related quality of life and low back pain of healthy subjects with those of patients with nonidiopathic scoliosis (non-IS) and idiopathic scoliosis (IS) 21 years or more after surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There have been a very small number of repo...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Akazawa T,Minami S,Kotani T,Nemoto T,Koshi T,Takahashi K

更新日期：2012-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a 2-year period, 92 patients were submitted as outpatients to lumbar myelography using lopamidol, a new nonionic water-soluble contrast medium. The incidence and severity of adverse reactions associated with myelography in these cases were compared with those in 116 patients who underwent lopamidol myelography as...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Postacchini F,Massobrio M

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Multicenter, randomized, patient-assessor blind, sham-controlled clinical trial. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the efficacy of acupuncture treatment with individualized setting for reduction of bothersomeness in participants with chronic low back pain (cLBP). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Low back pain is one of...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cho YJ,Song YK,Cha YY,Shin BC,Shin IH,Park HJ,Lee HS,Kim KW,Cho JH,Chung WS,Lee JH,Song MY

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Intertransverse process spinal fusion using recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-7 (rhBMP-7) was performed in intact and ovariectomized female rats. OBJECTIVES:To examine fusion rates in intact and ovariectomized female rats using rhBMP-7 to determine if spine fusion is dependent on estrogen statu...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Moazzaz P,Gupta MC,Gilotra MM,Gilotra MN,Maitra S,Theerajunyaporn T,Chen JL,Reddi AH,Martin RB

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An analysis of computed tomography images of patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the spatial relations between the vertebral body and the thoracic aorta and to verify the safety of anterior instrumentation surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Recent studies have suggested...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Maruyama T,Takeshita K,Nakamura K,Kitagawa T

更新日期：2004-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Literature review. OBJECTIVE:Provide an overview of biomechanical strengths and weaknesses of long and short fixation constructs applied in thoracolumbar fractures, along with a discussion of specific indications for selecting an instrumentation construct for a given fracture. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:...

journal_title：Spine

authors： McLain RF

更新日期：2006-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Waddell et al in 1980 developed a standardized assessment of behavioral responses to examination. The signs were associated with other clinical measures of illness behavior and distress, and are not simply a feature of medicolegal presentations. Despite clear caveats about the interpretation of the signs, they have be...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Main CJ,Waddell G

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Radiologic study for patients with athetoid cerebral palsy (CP), and a biomechanical study using the finite-element model (FEM). OBJECTIVES:To understand the lumbar disorders of athetoid CP patients and the etiology based on the results from the FEM study. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Cervical spondylotic ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Sakai T,Yamada H,Nakamura T,Nanamori K,Kawasaki Y,Hanaoka N,Nakamura E,Uchida K,Goel VK,Vishnubhotla L,Sairyo K

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Asymptomatic volunteers underwent magnetic resonance imaging to investigate how different positions affect lumbar intervertebral discs. OBJECTIVE:To quantify sagittal migration of the lumbar nucleus pulposus in 6 functional positions. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Previous studies of the intervertebral disc...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Alexander LA,Hancock E,Agouris I,Smith FW,MacSween A

更新日期：2007-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrieval analysis of 2 Ti-6Al-4V alloy rods that fractured after spinal instrumentation surgery. OBJECTIVE:To determine the mechanism that underlies fractures of Ti-6Al-4V alloy rods after spinal instrumentation surgery from a materials science viewpoint. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Rod failures after sp...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Yamanaka K,Mori M,Yamazaki K,Kumagai R,Doita M,Chiba A

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between improvement of myelopathy achieved by surgery and postoperative spinal cord morphologic changes was investigated by magnetic resonance imaging in 51 patients with cervical myelopathy. In 22 patients, the cord indentation disappeared completely (Type I), in 23 it partially disappeared (Type II), an...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Harada A,Mimatsu K

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective clinical and radiologic evaluation. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the feasibility of a 1-stage combined posterior and anterior approaches for excising thoracolumbar and lumbar tumors with the patient lying in the lateral position. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Traditional anteroposterior approaches...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hu Y,Xia Q,Ji J,Miao J

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Clinical, neuroradiologic, and neurophysiologic description of 21 patients with compressive cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CCSM). OBJECTIVE:To describe the utility of cutaneous silent periods (CSPs) for functional evaluation of mild CCSM. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Electroneurography, electromyography,...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Stetkarova I,Kofler M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00