Controversy. The use of selective nerve root blocks: diagnostic, therapeutic, or placebo?

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Prospective study with follow-up by a postal questionnaire to 6626 men nearly 40 years of age who had been examined for the first time at the age of 18. OBJECTIVES:To study the predictability of frequent musculoskeletal problems, health, lifestyle, and work situation from the examination 20 years earlier....

journal_title：Spine

authors： Hellsing AL,Bryngelsson IL

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postlaminectomy deformities were simulated in the cervical or cervicothoracic spine by the use of a displacement incremental method based on finite-element analysis combined with composite material and spanning element theory. The simulation analyses revealed that the primary cause of postlaminectomy deformity was the...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Saito T,Yamamuro T,Shikata J,Oka M,Tsutsumi S

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A correlation was studied between degenerative spondylolisthesis (DSL) of the cervical spine and spinal-evoked potentials intraoperatively recorded in elderly patients who had surgical treatment for cervical spondylotic myelopathy. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the functional importance of cervical DSL in elde...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Tani T,Kawasaki M,Taniguchi S,Ushida T

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report of dorsally sequestered cervical disc herniation. OBJECTIVE:To present an unusual case of dorsally sequestered cervical disc herniation and to briefly review the literature on this condition. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There have been few reports of migration of cervical disc herniation to ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Tofuku K,Koga H,Kawabata N,Yuasa S,Yone K,Komiya S

更新日期：2007-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The effectiveness of Polyactive (Osteotech, Inc., Shrewsbury, NJ), an elastomeric segmental copolymer, as a barrier material for the prevention of perineural scar formation was evaluated in eight adult mongrel dogs. Two animals each were killed at 2, 4, 8, and 12 weeks postoperation. OBJECTIVE:This study ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Cook SD,Prewett AB,Dalton JE,Whitecloud TS 3rd

更新日期：1994-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The results from cervical laminoplasty in 18 patients with diabetes mellitus were compared with results from the same procedure in 34 nondiabetic patients matched for age, gender, and disease. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the effects of diabetes mellitus on the surgical outcome after cervical laminoplasty. SUMMA...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kawaguchi Y,Matsui H,Ishihara H,Gejo R,Yasuda T

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A biomechanical study using multidirectional flexibility testing in a human cadaveric cervical spine model of a flexion-distraction injury. OBJECTIVES:To compare the immediate postoperative stabilizing effect of dynamic and rigid anterior cervical plates and to assess the confounding effects of bone miner...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Dvorak MF,Pitzen T,Zhu Q,Gordon JD,Fisher CG,Oxland TR

更新日期：2005-02-01 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:To inhibit β-catenin specifically signaling in chondrocytes Col2-ICAT transgenic mice were generated. Anomalies in caudal vertebrae were detected during embryonic and postnatal stages of Col2-ICAT transgenic mice. OBJECTIVE:To determine the role of canonical β-catenin signaling in caudal vertebral develop...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Shu B,Li TF,Li XF,Tang DZ,Zhang Y,Shi Q,Wang YJ,Chen D

更新日期：2013-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Pain drawings were scored and their relationship to discographic pain responses was investigated. OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a relationship between patients indicating pain in nonanatomic patterns on pain drawings (possibly suggestive of a tendency to overreport pai...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Ohnmeiss DD,Vanharanta H,Guyer RD

更新日期：1995-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Six chemical agents were evaluated for their efficacy in preventing epidural scar formation following laminectomy in rabbits. One agent was carboxymethylcellulose and the other five agents represented various compositions of modified carboxymethylcellulose. Four weeks after laminectomy, spines were harvested and decal...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kitano T,Zerwekh JE,Edwards ML,Usui Y,Allen MD

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Systematic review. OBJECTIVE:To determine the population risk of radiographical degeneration in the lumbar and cervical spine as well as the risk of adjacent segment pathology (ASP) among patients who receive and do not receive (but were eligible for) fusion for lumbar or cervical degeneration. SUMMARY O...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lee MJ,Dettori JR,Standaert CJ,Brodt ED,Chapman JR

更新日期：2012-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review of a prospective, multicenter study. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence and severity of leg pain in adults with scoliosis and to assess whether surgery significantly improved leg pain compared with nonoperative management. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Pati...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Smith JS,Shaffrey CI,Berven S,Glassman S,Hamill C,Horton W,Ondra S,Schwab F,Shainline M,Fu KM,Bridwell K,Spinal Deformity Study Group.

更新日期：2009-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In the field of spinal fixation devices, there is a profusion of new instrumentations. Often, the biomechanical evaluation is done in a nonstandardized manner, which makes it difficult to compare the results of one researcher with those of another, for the same device or for different devices. There is a need for a co...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Panjabi MM

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report. OBJECTIVE:We reviewed the case of a 44-year-old woman who underwent long-segment fusion and an artificial disc replacement. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:There have been many reported advantages and disadvantages of stopping the fusion at L5, with the theoretical benefits being preserved motion...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lehman RA Jr,Lenke LG

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This report describes a young patient with a rapidly progressive kyphosis caused by collapse of a severely osteoporotic thoracolumbar spine, which led to impairment of cardiopulmonary function. OBJECTIVES:To highlight the treatment strategy, difficulty of diagnosis, operative stabilization, and outcome. ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Noorda RJ,Wuisman PI,Fidler MW,Lips PT,Winters HA

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study of experimental spinal metastasis, developed in rats by inoculation of tumor cells through the spinous process, was to find the factor that causes the initial damage to the cord in this disorder. In the early stage of paralysis, the degenerated posterior funiculus originated from a sma...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Manabe S,Tanaka H,Higo Y,Park P,Ohno T,Tateishi A

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective comparative imaging study. OBJECTIVE:This study investigated whether postoperative resolution of spinal cord increased signal intensity (ISI) reflected symptom improvement and surgical outcomes in cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) patients. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Although some CSM p...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Machino M,Ando K,Kobayashi K,Ota K,Morozumi M,Tanaka S,Ito K,Kato F,Ishiguro N,Imagama S

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A subgroup analysis of a prospective, randomized controlled trial was performed. OBJECTIVE:To describe the cost effectiveness of periradicular infiltration with steroid in subgroups of patients with sciatica. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:A recent trial on periradicular infiltration indicated that a methylp...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Karppinen J,Ohinmaa A,Malmivaara A,Kurunlahti M,Kyllönen E,Pienimäki T,Nieminen P,Tervonen O,Vanharanta H

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE:To validate the precision of four predictive scoring systems for spinal metastatic disease and evaluate whether they underestimate or overestimate survival. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Metastatic spine disease is a common complication to malignancies. Several scoring ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Carrwik C,Olerud C,Robinson Y

更新日期：2020-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report (level V evidence). OBJECTIVE:We report a case of a 33-year-old man with Marfan syndrome that visited our clinic for left knee pain and stiffness. Radiographs of the left knee and lumbar spine demonstrated a spinal rod in the posterolateral left knee and its origin being a broken rod from his ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Long MK,Enders T,Leven D,Cappellino A

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:Case report and surgical technique. OBJECTIVE:To describe a new technique to treat atlas burst fractures by selectively reconstructing the atlas from a posterior approach. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The two surgical techniques reported until now for stabilizing atlas burst fractures are associated with s...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Abeloos L,De Witte O,Walsdorff M,Delpierre I,Bruneau M

更新日期：2011-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:An in vivo rat-tail model was adopted to study the structural changes of degenerated intervertebral disc after different traction protocols. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of traction with different modes and magnitudes on disc with simulated degeneration. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Traction has be...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Lai A,Chow DH

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A sample of 486 Helsinki City Council workers, 35 to 54 years of age, was examined twice at a 1-year interval. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the speed of repetitive arm motion for its ability to predict neck pain. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Psychomotor factors have been suggested to play a role in the etiolo...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Laurén H,Luoto S,Alaranta H,Taimela S,Hurri H,Heliövaara M

更新日期：1997-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-dimensional deformities in vertebrae of patients with idiopathic scoliosis were analyzed quantitatively using three-dimensional computed tomography. To evaluate the deformities, the vertebral lordosis and scoliosis were defined clearly. An average lordosis of 7.9 degrees and an average scoliosis of 6.8 degrees w...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Kojima T,Kurokawa T

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A prospective randomized study. OBJECTIVES:To study the risk of infection, hematoma, and neurologic deficits following extensive lumbar spine surgery in patients with or without prophylactic closed wound suction drain placement. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:One randomized study assessing prophylactic drain...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Brown MD,Brookfield KF

更新日期：2004-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:A case report of a rare symptomatic, idiopathic, noncommunicating intradural arachnoid cyst (IAC) of the proximal part of the S1 nerve root (NR). OBJECTIVE:To discuss the possible pathophysiology, clinical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) presentation, intraoperative findings, and follow-up of IAC of ...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Peric P,Antic B,Radosavljevic A,Tasic-Radic O,Arsic S

更新日期：2011-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:The electromyogram of the L1-L7 multifidus muscles of the in vivo cat were recorded while applying a prolonged steady displacement to the lumbar spine through the L4-L5 supraspinous ligament, simulating a moderate anterior flexion. OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate that tension-relaxation and laxity of the viscoel...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Williams M,Solomonow M,Zhou BH,Baratta RV,Harris M

更新日期：2000-11-15 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:An in vitro human cadaveric biomechanical study. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate intervertebral rotation changes due to lumbar ProDisc-L compared with simulated fusion, using follower load and multidirectional testing. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Artificial discs, as opposed to the fusions, are thought to decrease...

journal_title：Spine

authors： Panjabi M,Henderson G,Abjornson C,Yue J

更新日期：2007-05-20 00:00:00