Mortality Following the Diagnosis of a Vertebral Compression Fracture in the Medicare Population
NULL The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American). 2008;90 Edmund Lau, MS1, Kevin Ong, PhD2, Steven Kurtz, PhD2, Jordana Schmier, MA3 and Av Edidin, PhD4 Background: Vertebral compression fractures in women are associated with increased mortality, but the generality of this finding, as a function of age, sex, ethnicity, and region, among the entire […]
Comparison of surgical and conservative treatment for degenerative lumbar scoliosis
NULL Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2008 Jun 17. [Epub ahead of print] Kluba T, Dikmenli G, Dietz K, Giehl JP, Niemeyer T. INTRODUCTION: Demographic changes create an expansion of the elderly population segment of society. Demands of mobility and quality of life have increased in this age group over the last decades. A rising number […]
Better Backs by Better Beds?
NULL SPINE 2008 – Volume 33, Number 7 Kim Bergholdt, Rasmus N. Fabricius, Tom Bendix, Abstract Study Design: A randomized/stratified, single-blinded, parallel-group study. Objective: To evaluate 3 structurally different mattresses relative influence on patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP). Summary of Background Data: In several advertisements, it is proclaimed that certain mattresses have a […]
The Impact of Adjacent Segment Degeneration on the Clinical Outcome After Lumbar Spinal Fusion
NULL Jun Young Yang, MD, PhD; June-Kyu Lee, MD, PhD; Ho-Sup Song, MD Spine 33(5) 2008 Abstract Study Design: A retrospective study. Objective: To determine the impact of the adjacent segment degeneration (ASD) on the clinical outcome after lumbar fusion. Summary of Background Data: Few studies have analyzed correlation between clinical outcomes and ASD. Methods: […]
Cervical spine injury : Diagnosis, prognosis and management
NULL Schüller-Weidekamm C. Radiologe. 2008 Apr 16 [Epub ahead of print] [Article in German] Cervical spine injuries are a common occurrence in multi-trauma patients and should be taken into account when planning further clinical management. This review describes in detail upper and lower cervical spine injuries and introduces the sub-axial injury classification (SLIC) that is […]
Success of Lumbar Microdiscectomy in Patients With Modic Changes and Low-back Pain: A Prospective Pilot Study
NULL J Spinal Disord Tech. 2008 Apr;21(2):139-44. Chin KR, Tomlinson DT, Auerbach JD, Shatsky JB, Deirmengian CA. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective case controlled. OBJECTIVE: To determine the outcome after microdiscectomy in patients with disc herniation, concordant sciatica, and low-back pain with Modic I and II degenerative changes compared with similar patients without Modic changes. SUMMARY OF […]
A Comparison of Two Retroperitoneal Surgical Approaches for Total Disc Arthroplasty of the Lumbar Spine
NULL Spine 2008, Volume 33, Number 2 John A. Bendo, MD; Martin Quirno, MD; Thomas Errico, MD; Jeffrey M. Spivak, MD; Jeffrey Goldstein, MD Abstract Study Design: Retrospective outcome data analysis. Objective: To evaluate if there is a significant difference between the midline rectus (MR) and the paramedian lateral rectus (PLR) approaches with regard to […]
The effect of muscle relaxant on the paraspinal muscle blood flow: a randomized controlled trial in patients with chronic low back pain
NULL Spine. 2008 Mar 15;33(6):581-7. Sakai Y, Matsuyama Y, Nakamura H, Katayama Y, Imagama S, Ito Z, Okamoto A, Ishiguro N. STUDY DESIGN: A randomized controlled trial. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of muscle relaxant for muscle blood flow at the trunk muscle in patients with chronic low back pain (LBP). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: […]
Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
NULL Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons March 2008, Volume 16, Issue 3 Christian P. DiPaola, MD and Robert W. Molinari, MD Posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) and transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) create intervertebral fusion by means of a posterior approach. Both techniques are useful in managing degenerative disk disease, severe instability, […]
Predicting Scoliosis Progression from Skeletal Maturity: A Simplified Classification During Adolescence
NULL The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery March 1 2008, Volume 90, Issue 3 James O. Sanders, MD1, Joseph G. Khoury, MD2, Shyam Kishan, MD3, Richard H. Browne, PhD4, James F. Mooney, III, MD5, Kali D. Arnold, MD6, Sharon J. McConnell, MS7, Jeanne A. Bauman, MD8 and David N. Finegold, MD9 Disclosure: In support […]