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OBJECTIVE:Segmental instability traditionally is investigated with flexion and extension (F/E) radiographs. We sought to determine whether motion between upright and supine (U/S) views can serve as an alternative sensitive diagnostic tool that predicts similar outcomes. METHODS:Ambispective collection of data was performed for 222 consecutive patients who underwent transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. Patients were divided into either group 1 (≥3 mm spondylolisthesis difference between F/E radiographs) or group 2 (≥3 mm spondylolisthesis difference between U/S imaging and otherwise not meeting group 1 criteria). RESULTS:In total, 77 patients met all inclusion/exclusion criteria. Patients in group 1 (n = 26) and group 2 (n = 51) did not differ with respect to key demographic criteria. Average clinical follow-up for groups 1 and 2 were 31.8 and 35.6 months (P = 0.43). Average spondylolisthesis was 8.1 mm and 8.0 mm for groups 1 and 2 (P = 0.93). The incidence of facet joint hyperintensity on T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and average maximal facet joint widening (P > 0.2) did not differ between groups. Average F/E slip change was 5.0 mm for group 1 and average U/S slip change was 5.2 mm for group 2. For both groups, Numeric Rating Scale Back Pain and Numeric Rating Scale Leg Pain, Oswestry Disability Index v2.1a, and Short-Form 36 RAND (P < 0.02) improved significantly after surgery. Furthermore, ΔNumeric Rating Scale Back Pain, ΔNumeric Rating Scale Leg Pain, ΔOswestry Disability Index v2.1a, and ΔShort-Form 36 RAND (P > 0.2) were not significantly different between groups. CONCLUSIONS:No differences in outcomes were noted between patients based on either imaging criteria. These data suggest that static U/S imaging may identify a distinct group of patients who may benefit from transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion surgery.
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World Neurosurgjournal_title
World neurosurgeryauthors
Viswanathan VK,Hatef J,Aghili-Mehrizi S,Minnema AJ,Farhadi HFdoi
10.1016/j.wneu.2018.06.066subject
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2018-09-01 00:00:00pages
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杂志文章abstract:BACKGROUND:Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is an aggressive lymphoma confined to the CNS. Although the pathogenesis of PCNSL in immunocompetent individuals remains unclear, there have been several case studies demonstrating the "sentinel" inflammatory lesions months before the manifestation of PCNSL. Ho...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2015.11.099
更新日期:2016-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Cervical spinal cord herniation is a rare clinical entity. Reported after previous intradural surgery or surgery complicated by durotomy, patients return several months to years later with symptoms of worsening myelopathy. Herein is presented a case of a 51-year-old female patient with spinal cord herniati...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.02.020
更新日期:2017-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The debate over the influence approach sidedness has on the risk of recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy (RLNP) following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) has its origins with the introduction of the procedure for radicular pain in the 1950s. The recurrent laryngeal nerves follow disparate courses in the lowe...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2019.12.052
更新日期:2020-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Wild-type transthyretin amyloid (ATTRwt) has been noted to deposit in the ligamentum flavum of the spine. Prior studies have focused on ATTRwt in the lumbar region, but studies discussing its presence in other levels of the spine are lacking. We report on the presentation of patients with confirmed amyloid i...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2020.06.228
更新日期:2020-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The long-term outcome after carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is determined by many confounding factors. Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is linked to atherosclerotic stroke, and it is an important cause of death during the perioperative and follow-up periods after CEA. We aimed to investigate mortality and long-term...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.11.092
更新日期:2018-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:We aimed to expound feasibility of serum cell-free microRNA-214 (miR-214) as a noninvasive biomarker for glioma in this study. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We detected expression of miR-214 in medium from 2 glioma cell lines to confirm whether it is secretory in screening phase. Then, we verified cell-free miR-214 e...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2019.02.009
更新日期:2019-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::With the loss of function of an upper extremity because of stroke or spinal cord injury or a physical loss from amputation, an individual's life is forever changed, and activities that were once routine become a magnitude more difficult. Much research and effort have been put into developing advanced robotic prosthese...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2014.03.012
更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are minimally invasive techniques used to treat vertebral compression fractures. The etiology of vertebral compression fractures varies among patients. Although osteoporosis and trauma are major etiologic factors in patients with a vertebral compression fracture, unexpected res...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.10.116
更新日期:2019-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2016.08.049
更新日期:2016-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2019.04.105
更新日期:2019-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Electrocardiogram (ECG)-triggered angiography non-contrast-enhanced (TRANCE) imaging is useful for investigating peripheral vessel diseases; however, its efficacy for access route assessment in cerebral angiography has yet to be reported. Therefore we aimed to evaluate the efficacy of TRANCE imaging in the a...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.07.283
更新日期:2018-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.11.145
更新日期:2018-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Strokelike migraine attack after radiation therapy is a recently described clinical entity characterized by transient hemispheric dysfunction manifesting as, but not limited to, visuospatial deficits, confusion, hemisensory deficits, hemiparesis, aphasia, seizures, and, most prominently, headache in patients...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2013.01.028
更新日期:2014-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type:
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2020.05.180
更新日期:2020-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To describe the incidence of and characterize risk factors for cerebrospinal fluid leak and symptomatic pseudomeningocele (CSFL/SP) after intradural spine surgery. METHODS:A retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected and consecutive series of patients undergoing intradural spine surgery by the senio...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.08.112
更新日期:2018-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.07.095
更新日期:2017-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Muscle injury is inevitable during surgical exposure of the spine. This study compared paraspinal muscle injury after 4 surgical techniques: microdiscectomy (MD), percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD), percutaneous endoscopic interlaminar discectomy (PEID), unilateral biportal endoscopic discectomy...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.05.085
更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Maximal safe resection prolongs the survival of patients with glioblastoma (GB). However, whether total resection of the enhanced lesion is pursued or abandoned depends on preoperative judgments based on the findings of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Anatomically, medial temporal tumor tends to invade towa...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2019.06.035
更新日期:2019-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2019.07.187
更新日期:2019-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The laterocavernous sinus system is best defined as the entire territory served by the laterocavernous and the superior petrosal sinuses (SPS). METHODS:The laterocavernous sinus is a small but important venous structure located between the two dural layers forming the lateral wall of the cavernous sinus and...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2010.09.016
更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Acute bilateral internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion has rarely been reported to exhibit an improvement in prognosis. Herein, we report a case of acute bilateral ICA occlusion presenting with bilateral symmetric cortical and basal-ganglia infarctions that exhibited dramatic improvement after a mechanical ...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type:
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2020.06.041
更新日期:2020-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2020.07.067
更新日期:2020-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.09.031
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Spinal metastases represent the most common site of bony metastases and frequently reduce quality of life. A beneficial effect of surgery and radiotherapy versus radiotherapy alone has been demonstrated in symptomatic patients. The goal of our study was to perform a cost-utility analysis of surgery for spinal...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2019.01.130
更新日期:2019-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Brain aneurysms (BAs) are the most common intracranial vascular condition, with an overall incidence of 1%-2%. Among the common causes of their initial formation and growth, the role of radiation therapy (RT) has been reported in some studies. The aim of the present study is to report the most relevant featu...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2019.09.157
更新日期:2020-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Spontaneous resolution of acute subdural hematomas (SDHs), occurring as the result of a traumatic injury, is well reported in the literature and rapidly resolving SDHs have been reported as well. Although the mechanism behind the rapid resolution of a SDH has not been well understood, there are postulated me...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.04.029
更新日期:2018-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:This study set out to investigate the relationships between the neutrophil-to-albumin ratio (NAR) in the early stages of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) and the occurrence of delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI). METHODS:A total of 439 patients with aSAH were included in this retrospective study. NAR as...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2020.12.084
更新日期:2020-12-26 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Spinal subdural hematoma (SSDH), which can cause lower back pain, leg pain, and leg weakness, is rare and will usually be associated with a bleeding tendency, trauma, spinal vascular malformation, intraspinal tumor, or iatrogenic invasion. Only a few cases of SSDH after intracranial chronic subdural hematoma...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type:
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2019.11.053
更新日期:2020-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Spinal cord injury (SCI) without computed tomography evidence of trauma is underreported in adults and is considered a subtype of SCI with relatively good outcome. Despite this, few studies have been performed to determine specific imaging-related prognostic factors. Our objective is to describe the imaging ...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2016.12.005
更新日期:2017-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:White matter injury (WMI) has been observed after experimental intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). The supporting clinical data have been sparse. We assessed the presence, extent, and progression of WMI in patients with ICH. METHODS:We performed a retrospective review of data from 65 consecutive patients with s...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2019.02.089
更新日期:2019-06-01 00:00:00