Dolor de cuello. (Inglés)
ALLAN BINDER, M.D., Lister Hospital, Stevenage, United Kingdom This clinical content conforms to AAFP criteria for evidence-based continuing medical education (EB CME). EB CME is clinical content presented with practice recommendations supported by evidence that has been systematically reviewed by an AAFP-approved source. The evidence is available at http://www.clinicalevidence.com/ceweb/conditions/msd/1103/1103.jsp. This is one in a series […]
Reemplazo del disco intervertebral manteniendo la cinética de la columna.(Ingl.)
«Reemplazo del disco intervertebral manteniendo la cinética de la columna cervical.» Puttlitz, Christian M. PhD; Rousseau, Marc Antoine MD; Xu, Zheng BS; Hu, Serena MD; Tay, Bobby K-B MD; Lotz, Jeffrey C. PhD Abstract: Study Design. An in vitro biomechanical study of C4-C5 intervertebral disc replacement using a cadaveric model. Objectives. To investigate the degree […]
El dilema de la osteoporosis vertebral aislada. (Inglés)
Knepper K. Poudre Valley Internists/Center for Bone Health, Fort Collins, CO. FG is a 69-yr old white man who presented to establish primary care and requested bone density screening because his father had had severe osteoporosis of unclear cause. He had a past medical history of atrial fibrillation and hypercholesterolemia. His medications included diltiazem, flecainide, […]
Grasa intramuscular y tolerancia a la glucosa después de una lesión de médula.
«Grasa intramuscular y tolerancia a la glucosa después de una lesión de médula espinal a través de un estudio seccional.» C P Elder1, D F Apple3, C S Bickel1,4, R A Meyer2 and G A Dudley1,3
Quiste endodermal de la médula espinal cervical con fusión parcial vertebral.(I)
«Quiste endodermal de la médula espinal cervical con fusión parcial asociada de vértebras.» Jerzy Slowinski1, Monika Stomal1, Wojciech Zajecki2, Jerzy Pieniazek1 and Miroslaw Snietura3 A case of a 43-year-old woman with an intradural endodermal cyst at the C4 spinal cord level is presented. The lesion manifested with progressive neck pain and weakness of lower extremities. […]
Imágenes médicas de la degeneración del disco intervertebral. (Inglés)
«Imágenes médicas de la degeneración del disco intervertebral: Situación actual de las imágenes.» Haughton, Victor MD Abstract: Study Design. The author reviewed literature and reports on spine imaging, selected key articles in which novel imaging strategies were described, and prepared a review of currently developing imaging strategies in intervertebral disc degeneration. Objectives. To provide a […]
Síndrome de cabeza caída asociado con la mielopatía spondiolítica cervical.(In.)
Kawaguchi A, Miyamoto K, Sakaguchi Y, Nishimoto H, Kodama H, Ohara A, Hosoe H, Shimizu K. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gifu University School of Medicine, Yanagido 1-1, Gifu City, Gifu, Japan. We report a case of an 80-year-old woman with dropped head syndrome associated with cervical spondylotic myelopathy. She could not keep her cervical spine […]
Nutrición del Disco de Intervertebral. (Inglés)
Urban, Jill P.G. PhD *; Smith, Stanton DPhil *; Fairbank, Jeremy C.T. MD, FRCS + Abstract: Study Design. A review of the literature on disc nutrition. Objectives. To summarize the information on disc nutrition in relation to disc degeneration. Summary of the Background Data. The disc is avascular, and the disc cells depend on diffusion […]
Avances recientes en el modelado analítico de la degeneración del disco lumbar.
Natarajan, Raghu N. PhD; Williams, Jamie R. PhD; Andersson, Gunnar B.J. MD, PhD Abstract: Study Design. Review of the most recent advances in the development of poro-elastic analytical models that include physiologic parameters used for understanding lumbar disc degeneration due to repetitive loading. Objectives. To discuss how poro-elastic finite element models that include physiologic parameters […]
Condiciones mecánicas que aceleran la degeneración del disco intervertebral.(I)
«Condiciones mecánicas que aceleran la degeneración del disco intervertebral: Sobrecarga frente a inmovilización.» Stokes, Ian A. F. PhD; Iatridis, James C. PhD Abstract: Study Design. A review of the literature on macromechanical factors that accelerate disc degeneration with particular focus on distinguishing the roles of immobilization and overloading. Objective. This review examines evidence from the […]