Multilevel cervical laminectomy and fusion with posterior cervical cages
Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine, 2017 Context: Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) is a progressive disease that can result in significant disability. Single-level stenosis can be effectively decompressed through either anterior or posterior techniques. However, multilevel pathology can be
Jad N Bou Monsef, Krzysztof B Siemionow
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Ancient Schwannoma of the Cauda Equina: our experience and review of the literature [PDF]
, 2016 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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Machine learning modeling for predicting hospital readmission following lumbar laminectomy.
Journal of Neurosurgery : Spine, 2019 In BriefAuthors of this study analyzed hospital readmissions following laminectomy and developed predictive models to identify readmitted patients with an accuracy >95% when using all variables and >79% when using only predischarge variables.
ScB Saisanjana Kalagara +4 more
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Laminectomy for cervical myelopathy [PDF]
Spinal Cord, 2003 Cervical laminectomy with or without fusion, or laminoplasty, successfully address congenital or acquired stenosis, multilevel spondylosis, ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL), and ossification of the yellow ligament (OYL). To optimize surgical results, however, these procedures should be applied to carefully selected patients.To
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Communicating spinal epidural thoracic arachnoid cyst en-bloc resection
Romanian Neurosurgery, 2019 Background: Spinal extradural arachnoid cyst is an uncommon, expanding lesion which may communicate with the subarachnoid space, The etiology still remains unclear, but the most accepted explanation is the existence of areas of weakness in the spinal ...
M. Al-Zekri +5 more
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Lumbar Chordoma Presenting as an Epidural Collection with Vertebral Destruction- An Unusual Cause of Lumbar Canal Stenosis [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021 Chordomas are locally aggressive neoplastic lesions that arise from physalipherous cell nests that originate from notochordal remnants left behind during early foetal development.
Sibhi Ganapathy +4 more
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Rare morbidity of permanent quadriplegia caused by neurenteric cyst of the cervical cord
Avicenna Journal of Medicine, 2019 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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Utilization of CT scanning associated with complex spine surgery. [PDF]
, 2017 BackgroundDue to the risk associated with exposure to ionizing radiation, there is an urgent need to identify areas of CT scanning overutilization. While increased use of diagnostic spinal imaging has been documented, no previous research has estimated ...
Andersson, Gunnar BJ +4 more
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Kehilangan Penglihatan Pascabedah Laminektomi dalam Posisi Prone
Jurnal Neuroanestesi Indonesia, 2012 Kehilangan penglihatan pascabedah nonocular sangatlah jarang, akan tetapi, harus dipertimbangkan sebagai komplikasi pascabedah yang tidak diinginkan. Kehilangan penglihatan unilateral atau bilateral secara tiba-tiba yang terjadi pascaanestesia umum telah
Fitri Sepviyanti Sumardi +2 more
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A procedure for implanting a spinal chamber for longitudinal in vivo imaging of the mouse spinal cord. [PDF]
, 2014 Studies in the mammalian neocortex have enabled unprecedented resolution of cortical structure, activity, and response to neurodegenerative insults by repeated, time-lapse in vivo imaging in live rodents.
Farrar, Matthew J, Schaffer, Chris B
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