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A Young Boy with Neck Pain

Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2021
Case Presentation: A five-year-old boy presented to our emergency department with severe posterior neck pain that was exacerbated upon neck movement. Cervical spine radiography revealed calcification in the cervical intervertebral disk 3–4.
Hirofumi Ohno, Shinsuke Takeda, So Mitsuya, Hisatake Yoshihara, Ken-ichi Yamauchi   +4 more
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Correlation among Inflammatory Cytokine Expression Levels, Degree of Disk Degeneration, and Predominant Clinical Symptoms in Patients with Degenerated Intervertebral Discs [PDF]

Asian Spine Journal, 2017
Study DesignObservational study.PurposeTo assess the correlation among inflammatory cytokine expression levels, degree of intervertebral disk (IVD) degeneration, and predominant clinical symptoms observed in degenerative disk disease (DDD).Overview of ...
Takeshi Sainoh, Kazuhide Inage, Sumihisa Orita, Masao Koda, Takeo Furuya, Kazuyo Yamauchi, Miyako Suzuki, Yoshihiro Sakuma, Go Kubota, Yasuhiro Oikawa, Jun Sato, Kazuki Fujimoto, Yasuhiro Shiga, Koki Abe, Hirohito Kanamoto, Masahiro Inoue, Hideyuki Kinoshita, Masaki Norimoto, Tomotaka Umimura, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Seiji Ohtori   +20 more
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The Effect and Possible Mechanism of Intradiscal Injection of Simvastatin in the Treatment of Discogenic Pain in Rats

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021
To study the effect of intradiscal injection of simvastatin on discogenic pain in rats and its possible mechanism, 30 adult female rats were used in this experiment.
Xiaodong Huang, Xiaodong Huang, Xiaodong Huang, Changkun Zheng, Weiheng Wang, Xiaojian Ye, Chia-Ying Lin, Zenghui Wu   +7 more
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Intervertebral disk width in dogs with and without clinical signs of disk associated cervical spondylomyelopathy

BMC Veterinary Research, 2012
Background Disk-associated cervical spondylomyelopathy (DA-CSM) is a multifactorial neurological disorder in which progressive caudal cervical spinal cord compression is mainly caused by one or more intervertebral disk protrusions.
De Decker Steven, Gielen Ingrid MVL, Duchateau Luc, Volk Holger A, Van Ham Luc ML   +4 more
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Sagittal Radiographic Parameters of the Spine in Three Physiological Postures Characterized Using a Slot Scanner and Their Potential Implications on Spinal Weight-Bearing Properties [PDF]

Asian Spine Journal, 2021
Study Design Prospective radiographic comparative study. Purpose To compare and understand the load-bearing properties of each functional spinal unit (FSU) using three commonly assumed, physiological, spinal postures, namely, the flexed (slump sitting ...
Hwee Weng Dennis Hey, Nathaniel Li-Wen Ng, Khin Yee Sammy Loh, Yong Hong Tan, Kimberly-Anne Tan, Vikaesh Moorthy, Eugene Tze Chun Lau, Gabriel Liu, Hee-Kit Wong   +8 more
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Comparison of Dorsal-to-Ventral Ratios of the Cervical Paraspinal Musculature in French Bulldogs With and Without Cervical Intervertebral Disk Disease and Two Other Breeds Based on CT Scan Measurements

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
Objective: To objectively assess the cervical paraspinal musculature of French bulldogs (FBs) using computed tomography (CT) scan-based measurements, outline differences in other breeds published in the literature, and investigate the potential influence
Julia Hart, Stefan Rupp, Katinka Hartmann, Carolin Fischer, Pia Düver, Franck Forterre   +5 more
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Efficacy and Safety of Condoliase Disc Administration as a New Treatment for Lumbar Disc Herniation

Spine Surgery and Related Research, 2022
Introduction: Condoliase is a newly approved drug that improves symptoms associated with lumbar disk herniation (LDH) by intradiscal administration. This study aimed to evaluate the mid-term outcomes of condoliase injection, examine the adverse events ...
Masahiro Inoue, Takeshi Sainoh, Atsushi Kojima, Masatsune Yamagata, Tatsuo Morinaga, Chikato Mannoji, Hiromi Ataka, Masaomi Yamashita, Hiroshi Takahashi, Junya Saito, Takayuki Fujiyoshi, Tetsuhiro Ishikawa, Yawara Eguchi, Kei Kato, Sumihisa Orita, Kazuhide Inage, Yasuhiro Shiga, Masaki Norimoto, Tomotaka Umimura, Yuki Shiko, Yohei Kawasaki, Yasuchika Aoki, Seiji Ohtori   +22 more
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Quantitative evaluation of an automatic segmentation method for 3D reconstruction of intervertebral scoliotic disks from MR images

BMC Medical Imaging, 2012
Background For some scoliotic patients the spinal instrumentation is inevitable. Among these patients, those with stiff curvature will need thoracoscopic disk resection.
Claudia Chevrefils, Farida Cheriet, Guy Grimard, Marie-Claude Miron, Carl-Eric Aubin   +4 more
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Signal Alterations in Paraspinal Muscles in Dogs with Acute Thoracolumbar Intervertebral Disk Extrusion

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2018
Muscle signal alteration detected on MRI is seen in diverse pathologic conditions. We observed signal alterations within the paraspinal muscles in dogs with acute thoracolumbar intervertebral disk extrusion.
Peter Trampus, Christine Goepfert, Monika Welle, Diana Henke, Franck Forterre, Daniela Schweizer-Gorgas   +5 more
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Semi-automated spine and intervertebral disk detection and segmentation from whole spine MR images

Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 2021
Intervertebral disks are found between the vertebrae in the spine from the second cervical vertebra to the sacrum. Intervertebral disks permit various movements of the vertebral column to keep it flexible and to absorb vertical shock.
Alaa Badarneh, Isam Abu-Qasmeih, Mwaffaq Otoom, Mohammad A. Alzubaidi   +3 more
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