C5 Palsy After Cervical Spine Surgery: A Multicenter Retrospective Review of 59 Cases. [PDF]
STUDY DESIGN: A multicenter, retrospective review of C5 palsy after cervical spine surgery. OBJECTIVE: Postoperative C5 palsy is a known complication of cervical decompressive spinal surgery.
Arnold, Paul M. +45 more
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Rare morbidity of permanent quadriplegia caused by neurenteric cyst of the cervical cord
The incidence of neurenteric cyst (NC) is rare, accounting for 0.3%–1.3% of all spine tumors. The occurrence of quadriplegia caused by NC is even scarcer.
Henry Tan Chor Lip +3 more
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Facet-sparing lumbar decompression with a minimally invasive flexible MicroBlade Shaver® versus traditional decompression: quantitative radiographic assessment. [PDF]
BackgroundLaminectomy/laminotomy and foraminotomy are well established surgical techniques for treatment of symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis. However, these procedures have significant limitations, including limited access to lateral and foraminal ...
Berven, Sigurd +6 more
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A Laser-Guided Spinal Cord Displacement Injury in Adult Mice [PDF]
Mouse models are unique for studying molecular mechanisms of neurotrauma because of the availability of various genetic modified mouse lines. For spinal cord injury (SCI) research, producing an accurate injury is essential, but it is challenging because ...
Bakare, Adewale A. +7 more
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ObjectivesTo compare the efficacy of posterior decompression techniques with conventional laminectomy for lumbar spinal stenosis.MethodsThe Embase, PubMed, and Cochrane Library databases were searched with no language limitations from inception to ...
Yong Zhang +6 more
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Measurement of Intraspinal Pressure After Spinal Cord Injury: Technical Note from the Injured Spinal Cord Pressure Evaluation Study. [PDF]
Intracranial pressure (ICP) is routinely measured in patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). We describe a novel technique that allowed us to monitor intraspinal pressure (ISP) at the injury site in 14 patients who had severe acute traumatic ...
Bell, BA +10 more
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Effectiveness of laminectomy with fusion and laminectomy alone in degenerative cervical myelopathy
Abstract Purpose The effectiveness of laminectomy with fusion and laminectomy alone in degenerative cervical myelopathy was compared. Methods Individuals treated with laminectomy with fusion or laminectomy alone at or below the second cervical vertebra were identified in the
David Fröjd Revesz +2 more
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A thoracic-epidural granulocytic sarcoma case that was diagnosed preceding the onset of and that recurred co-incidental to acute promyelocytic leukemia, which developed after surgical treatment. [PDF]
Granulocytic sarcoma or chloroma is a tumor seen in myelocytic leukemia. Spinal epidural onset is rare and is generally seen before or together with the onset of myelocytic leukemia.
Bayraktaroglu, Taner +6 more
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Beneficial effects of childhood selective dorsal rhizotomy in adulthood [PDF]
Background: Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) has been used to treat children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) for over three decades. However, little is known about the outcomes of childhood SDR in adults.
Dobbs, Matthew B +4 more
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Bioresorbable Film for the Prevention of Adhesion to the Anterior Spine After Anterolateral Discectomy [PDF]
Background context The development of scar tissue and adhesions postoperatively is a natural consequence of healing but can be associated with medical complications and render reoperation difficult.
Klopp, Lisa S. +6 more
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