Introduction: Acute celiac artery compression syndrome occurs after corrective surgery for adult spinal deformity. It occurs due to ischemic abdominal organ necrosis, caused by compression of the celiac artery (CA) and superior mesenteric artery by the ...
Yasushi Iijima +16 more
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Pleural Effusion in Spinal Deformity Correction Surgery- A Report of 28 Cases in a Single Center. [PDF]
OBJECTIVES:To analyze the occurrence, risk factors, treatment and prognosis of postoperative pleural effusion after spinal deformity correction surgery.
Weiqiang Liang +9 more
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Ancient Schwannoma of the Cauda Equina: our experience and review of the literature [PDF]
Ancient schwannomas (AS) are exceedingly rare variant of common schwannomas (CS). Only two cases involving the cauda equina region have been previously reported in literature.
Caruso, Riccardo +5 more
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ABSTRACT Background PIK3CA‐related overgrowth spectrum (PROS) includes several rare overgrowth disorders resulting from somatic gain‐of‐function mutations in PIK3CA. Despite treatment advances, including the recent approval of alpelisib for PROS in the United States, literature detailing the patient experience with PROS is limited.
Vamsi Bollu +8 more
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Effects of Spinal Fusion for Idiopathic Scoliosis on Lower Body Kinematics During Gait [PDF]
Objectives The purpose of this study was to compare gait among patients with scoliosis undergoing posterior spinal fusion and instrumentation (PSFI) to typically developing subjects and determine if the location of the lowest instrumented vertebra ...
Garman, Christina R. +9 more
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Early Clinical, Imaging, and Pathological Characteristics of SRPK3/TTN‐Digenic Myopathy
ABSTRACT Objective SRPK3/TTN‐digenic myopathy was recently established as a skeletal muscle myopathy caused by digenic inheritance. This study characterizes the early clinical presentation of SRPK3/TTN‐digenic myopathy in one previously reported and seven newly identified pediatric patients.
Rotem Orbach +23 more
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ISSLS PRIZE IN BIOENGINEERING SCIENCE 2019: biomechanical changes in dynamic sagittal balance and lower limb compensatory strategies following realignment surgery in adult spinal deformity patients. [PDF]
Study designA longitudinal cohort study.ObjectiveTo define a set of objective biomechanical metrics that are representative of adult spinal deformity (ASD) post-surgical outcomes and that may forecast post-surgical mechanical complications.
Bailey, Jeannie F +8 more
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PLIF for the treatment of adult spinal deformity [PDF]
In this article, Tsai and colleagues review their results using posterior interbody fusion (PLIF) to treat 58 patients with degenerative scoliosis. The report is notable in that the authors had excellent follow-up and utilized accepted outcomes measures to ascertain the degree of clinical improvement in their cohort, and I congratulate them on their ...
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Objective This study assessed sarilumab in treating patients with polyarticular‐course juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pcJIA). Methods This phase 2b, open‐label study (NCT02776735) consisted of three sequential parts (each with a core‐treatment and extension phase).
Fabrizio De Benedetti +19 more
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Utilization trends of pedicle subtraction osteotomies compared to posterior spinal fusion for deformity: A national database analysis between 2008–2011 [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Increased awareness regarding the importance of the sagittal spinal profile has led to more aggressive correction of sagittal malalignment. The utilization trends of pedicle subtraction osteotomy (PSO) for sagittal plane correction in spinal ...
Buchowski, Jacob M +4 more
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