Giant paravertebral myxoma
Results of the European themati ...
Experts in Adapted Physical Activity (APA) for elderly persons from 66 higher education institutions of 29 European countries worked during 3 years ...
Posterior listhesis of a lumbar ...
The management of spinal tuberculosis, especially in children, is controversial. In children, vertebral destruction is more severe than adults becau ...
Closing–opening wedge osteotomy ...
Childhood spinal tuberculosis, especially when associated with severe vertebral destruction of more than two vertebral bodies can end up in severe d ...
Surgery versus conservative man ...
The effectiveness of surgery in patients with sciatica due to lumbar disc herniations is not without dispute. The goal of this study was to assess t ...
L5–S1 disc replacement after tw ...
Following scoliosis surgery, lumbar motion segment degeneration below the level of fusion is not uncommon. Especially long fusions extending to the ...
Cost effectiveness of disc pros ...
This randomized controlled health economic study assesses the cost-effectiveness of the concept of total disc replacement (TDR) (Charite´/Prodisc/Ma ...
Expert’s comment concerning Gra ...
Prevention or correction of severe kyphotic deformity in addition to eradication of the infective focus has become the modern standard of management ...
Surgical treatment of cervical ...
Cervical kyphosis is an uncommon but potentially debilitating and challenging condition. We reviewed the etiology, presentation, clinical and radiol ...
Expert’s comment concerning Gra ...
The attempt to preserve motion below a long fusion is certainly praiseworthy even if it is clearly understood with the patient that the result might ...
Physical activity and low back ...
The objective of the study is to systematically evaluate the available evidence on the association between physical activity (i.e. occupational load ...
Giant paravertebral myxoma
The study design includes case report and clinical discussion. The objective was to describe a rare case of a giant intramuscular myxoma (IMM) prese ...
Posterior spinal instrumentatio ...
Posterior spinal instrumentation is frequently used for the treatment of spine disorders. Importantly, different requirements have to be considered ...
Cost-effectiveness of general p ...
Care from a general practitioner (GP) is one of the most frequently utilised healthcare services for people with low back pain and only a small prop ...
Amaurosis after spine surgery: ...
Postoperative vision loss (POVL) associated with spine surgery is a well known, albeit very rare complication. POVL incidence after spinal surgery r ...
Cervical spondylotic amyotrophy
Cervical spondylotic amyotrophy is characterized with weakness and wasting of upper limb muscles without sensory or lower limb involvement. Two diff ...
Anatomical and surgical study o ...
Herniated intervertebral disc causes in a great number of cases of lumbar nerve root compression, especially in the segment L5/S1. Other reasons res ...
The association between physica ...
The effect of physical activity on neck and low back pain is still controversial. No systematic review has been conducted on the association between ...
Pedicle screw insertion accurac ...
Studies revealed that navigation systems that provided intraoperative assistance might improve pedicle screw insertion accuracy, and also implied th ...
How is recovery from low back p ...
Recovery is commonly used as an outcome measure in low back pain (LBP) research. There is, however, no accepted definition of what recovery involves ...
Acute paraplegia after chiropra ...
Spinal manipulation is a form of back and other musculoskeletal pain treatment that often involves a highvelocity thrust, a technique in which the j ...
Five-year outcome of stand-alon ...
From January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2003, in the Neurosurgery Department of Rome University o ‘‘Sapienza,’’ 167 patients underwent anterior surgery ...
Cost-effectiveness of guideline ...
Healthcare costs for low back pain (LBP) are increasing rapidly. Hence, it is important to provide treatments that are effective and cost-effective. ...
Artificial total disc replaceme ...
Cervical total disc replacement (CTDR) has been increasingly used as an alternative to fusion surgery in patients with pain or neurological symptoms ...
A systematic review on the effe ...
Low back pain (LBP) is a common and disabling disorder in western society. The management of LBP comprises a range of different intervention strateg ...
Center of pressure excursion as ...
Over the past 20 years, the center of pressure (COP) has been commonly used as an index of postural stability in standing. While many studies invest ...