Blood conservation techniques in spinal deformity surgery: a retrospective review of patients refusing blood transfusion
Spine. 2008 Oct 1;33(21):2310-5. Joseph SA Jr, Berekashvili K, Mariller MM, Rivlin M, Sharma K, Casden A, Bitan F, Kuflik P, Neuwirth M. STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective review. OBJECTIVE: To review the effectiveness of blood conservation techniques in the spinal fusion of patients that refuse blood transfusion; specifically the Jehovah’s witnesses population. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND: […]
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, […]