Combined anterior and posterior approach for managing basilar invagination associated with type I Chiari malformation [0.03%]
前后联合入路治疗小脑扁桃体I型Chiari畸形伴基底(invagination)凹综合征
Mehmet Zileli,Sedat Cagli
Mehmet Zileli
Ventral brainstem compression is common in patients with basilar invagination associated with type I Chiari malformation. The aim of this study was to investigate the reliability of a combined one-session anterior-posterior surgical approac...
Preoperative instability does not influence the clinical outcome in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy treated with expansive laminoplasty [0.03%]
术前脊髓损伤不稳定状态不影响颈椎板扩大成形术治疗的脊髓型颈椎病患者的临床预后
Mamoru Kawakami,Tetsuya Tamaki,Muneharu Ando et al.
Mamoru Kawakami et al.
Sixty-seven patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy treated with expansive laminoplasty were retrospectively reviewed at a minimum 2-year follow-up. This study was designed to evaluate whether preoperative instability influences the c...
Ronen Debi,Nachum Halperin,Yigal Mirovsky
Ronen Debi
In this prospective randomized clinical study, the effectiveness of epidural steroids to reduce pain following lumbar disc surgery was assessed. Sixty-one patients undergoing lumbar discectomy were included. They were assigned randomly to r...
Jeffrey C Wang,Eric Lin,Darrel S Brodke et al.
Jeffrey C Wang et al.
Epidural steroid injections are widely used as part of the conservative care for symptomatic herniated lumbar discs. There are studies showing their effectiveness, and some studies demonstrating no clinical benefits. The purpose of this stu...
Eric Marmor,Daryl R Fourney,Laurence D Rhines et al.
Eric Marmor et al.
Ganglioneuromas are benign slow-growing masses that can be treated with complete surgical extirpation without any adjuvant therapy. Such lesions involving the sacrococcygeal region are exceedingly rare. The authors present the case of a 70-...
Yuka Nonomura,Katsuji Shimizu,Hirofumi Nishimoto et al.
Yuka Nonomura et al.
Alexander disease is a rare, degenerative disorder of the central nervous system. It is characterized clinically by spasticity, seizures, dementia, loss of developmental milestones, and macrocephaly. Here we describe a 13-year-old boy with ...
Endodermal cyst of the cervical spine treated by an anterior approach for resection and shunting [0.03%]
颈椎内胚层囊肿的前路切除及分流手术治疗
Takashi Asazuma,Masato Sato,Shoichi Ichimura et al.
Takashi Asazuma et al.
In most reported cases, a posterior approach to the cervical spine was used to remove an endodermal cyst or to place a shunt for cyst drainage. The authors performed partial excision, shunt insertion, and anterior spinal fusion in a patient...
Vertebra plana caused by primary Ewing sarcoma: case report and review of the literature [0.03%]
原发性尤因肉瘤引起扁平椎的病例报告及文献复习
Panayiotis J Papagelopoulos,Bradford L Currier,Evanthia Galanis et al.
Panayiotis J Papagelopoulos et al.
A 7-year-old boy presented with vertebra plana of T11. The presumptive diagnosis suggested by clinical presentation, conventional radiographs, and computed tomographic scans was eosinophilic granuloma. Progressive neurologic symptoms requir...
Does provocative discography screening of discogenic back pain improve surgical outcome? [0.03%]
前驱性应用椎体造盘镜检查对治疗椎间盘源性腰腿痛的疗效是否有影响？
Sanjeev Madan,Mukund Gundanna,J M Harley et al.
Sanjeev Madan et al.
The value of preoperative provocative discography in the setting of discogenic low back pain was investigated by evaluating surgical outcomes. Seventy-three consecutive patients who underwent posterolateral interbody and posterior spinal ar...
Hydroxyapatite granule graft combined with recombinant human bone morphogenic protein-2 for solid lumbar fusion [0.03%]
羟基磷灰石微粒与rhBMP-2联用治疗腰椎融合症
Sadahiko Konishi,Hiroaki Nakamura,Masahiko Seki et al.
Sadahiko Konishi et al.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the availability of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) combined with hydroxyapatite (HA) and autogenous bone. Posterolateral intertransverse fusion between the fifth and sixth ...