Prevalence and distribution of ossification of the supra/interspinous ligaments in symptomatic patients with cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine: a CT-based multicenter cross-sectional study [PDF]
BackgroundSupra/interspinous ligaments connect adjacent spinous processes and act as a stabilizer of the spine. As with other spinal ligaments, it can become ossified.
Abematsu Masahiko +34 more
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Study Design Retrospective review of prospectively collected cohort. Purpose To identify differences in treatment and mortality of spine fractures in patients with ankylosing conditions of the spine. Overview of Literature Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and
Stephen R. Chen +9 more
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Background Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis has long been regarded as a benign asymptomatic clinical entity with an innocuous clinical course. Neurological complications are rare in diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis.
Yasutaka Takagi +8 more
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Introduction: Physiological aging frequently leads to degenerative changes and spinal deformity. In patients with hypolordotic fusions or ankylosing illnesses such as diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis or ankylosing spondylitis, compensation ...
Victor Garcia-Martin MD +3 more
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Treatment of Thoracolumbar Spinal Fracture Accompanied by Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis Using Transdiscal Screws for Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis: Preliminary Results [PDF]
Study Design This retrospective case series enrolled 13 patients who underwent posterior fixation with both transdiscal screws for diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (TSDs) and pedicle screws (PSs) to treat spinal injury accompanied by diffuse ...
Hisanori Ikuma +5 more
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OBJECTIVE The authors aimed to determine the poor prognostic factors of balloon kyphoplasty for the treatment of fractures of the most distal or distal-adjacent vertebrae in ankylosing spines with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH ...
Yuji Tsuchikawa +5 more
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Cervical myeloradiculopathy due to ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament with versus without diffuse idiopathic spinal hyperostosis [PDF]
Study Design Retrospective study. Objectives Assess demographics, ossification characteristics, surgical outcomes, and complications in patients with both diffuse idiopathic spinal hyperostosis (DISH) and ossification of the posterior longitudinal ...
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Step‐By‐Step Surgery for Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH) of the Cervical Spine
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a disease that can lead to relevant ENT symptoms such as dysphagia or dyspnea. Surgical treatment for this disease offers good results and outcomes, allowing patients to restore fundamental functions ...
C. Liberale +3 more
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MRI of the axial skeleton in spondyloarthritis : the many faces of new bone formation [PDF]
Spondyloarthritis has two hallmark features: active inflammation and structural lesions with new bone formation. MRI is well suited to assess active inflammation, but there is increasing interest in the role of structural lesions at MRI.
Carron, Philippe +7 more
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Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a noninflammatory spondyloarthropathy characterized by ectopic calcification of spinal cord tissue. Its etiology is possibly polygenic.
Ryosuke Hirota +10 more
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