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Outcome Measures and Variables Affecting Prognosis of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: WFNS Spine Committee Recommendations

Neurospine, 2019
This study is conducted to review the literature systematically to determine most reliable outcome measures, important clinical and radiological variables affecting the prognosis in cervical spondylotic myelopathy patients.
M. Zileli, Shradha Maheshwari, S. Kale, K. Garg, S. Menon, J. Parthiban   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Discospondylitis as a consequence of jugular vein septic thrombophlebitis in a Standardbred gelding

Equine Veterinary Education, EarlyView.
Summary This report describes the identification of C7‐T1 discospondylitis on myelography and confirmed on postmortem computed tomography and necropsy in a 4‐year‐old Standardbred gelding as the consequence of jugular vein catheterisation and secondary septic thrombophlebitis. Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from both sites.
F. Payette, J. A. Demchur, K. W. Bills, D. G. Levine, A. L. Johnson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spinal ataxia and computed tomography findings in a Poitou donkey affected with congenital occipitoatlantoaxial malformation

Equine Veterinary Education, EarlyView.
Summary A 3‐year‐old Poitou donkey was referred for a computed tomography (CT) examination of the cervical spine due to acute deterioration of spinal ataxia. Neurological assessment revealed restricted neck mobility, hypermetria and circumduction of all limbs, indicating a grade 2 out of 5 ataxia.
M. Mikic, F. Frers, L. Wittenberg‐Voges, M. Hellige   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diffusion Tensor Imaging in a Large Longitudinal Series of Patients With Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Correlated With Long-Term Functional Outcome [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND Fractional anisotropy (FA) of the high cervical cord correlates with upper limb function in acute cervical cord injury. We investigated the correlation between preoperative FA at the level of maximal compression and functional recovery in a ...
Budde, Matthew D., Kaushal, Mayank, Kurpad, Shekar N., Motovylyak, Olesya, Rao, Avinash, Schmit, Brian D., Soliman, Hesham, Vedantam, Aditya, Wang, Marjorie C.   +8 more
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Incidence and Outcomes of Acute Implant Extrusion Following Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery. [PDF]

, 2017
STUDY DESIGN: Multi-institutional retrospective case series of 8887 patients who underwent anterior cervical spine surgery. OBJECTIVE: Anterior decompression from discectomy or corpectomy is not without risk.
Arnold, Paul M., Bumpass, David B., Bydon, Mohamad, Corriveau, Mark, Fehlings, Michael G., Fogelson, Jeremy L., Gokaslan, Ziya, Hart, Robert A., Hilibrand, Alan S., Lee, Sungho, Massicotte, Eric M., Mroz, Thomas E., Nassr, Ahmad, Pace, Jonathan, Riew, K. Daniel, Smith, Gabriel A., Steinmetz, Michael P.   +16 more
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Osteochondrosis in horses: An overview of genetic and other factors

Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Osteochondrosis (OC) is a frequent manifestation of developmental orthopaedic disease, and its severe clinical presentation is known as OC dissecans (OCD). OC is defined as a disruption of the endochondral ossification process in the epiphyseal cartilage, and this disease has been reported in different mammalian species, including humans, dogs,
Lola Martinez‐Saez, Pablo J. Marín‐García, M. Lola Llobat   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global Burden Related to Nitrous Oxide Exposure in Medical and Recreational Settings: A Systematic Review and Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis. [PDF]

, 2019
The risk of adverse effects of nitrous oxide (N2O) exposure is insufficiently recognized despite its widespread use. These effects are mainly reported through case reports. We conducted an individual patient data meta-analysis to assess the prevalence of
Filhine-Tresarrieu, Pierre, Franczak, Claire, Green, Ralph, Guéant, Jean-Louis, Hajjar, Olivia, Julien, Mélissa, Laugel, Elodie, Levy, Julien, Oussalah, Abderrahim, Stephan, Charlotte, Wandzel, Marion   +10 more
core   +3 more sources

Clinical biomarkers differentiate myelitis from vascular and other causes of myelopathy

Neurology, 2018
Objective To assess the predictive value of the initial clinical and paraclinical features in the differentiation of inflammatory myelopathies from other causes of myelopathy in patients with initial diagnosis of transverse myelitis (TM).
Paula Barreras, K. Fitzgerald, M. Mealy, J. A. Jiménez, D. Becker, S. Newsome, M. Levy, P. Gailloud, C. Pardo   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Computed tomographic myelography of the cranial cervical spine in Warmblood horses with no spinal pathology—Inter‐ and intravertebral ratios and distribution of contrast columns in neutral and flexed cervical spine

Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Computed tomographic myelography (CTM) and radiographic myelography (RxM) are diagnostic for extradural spinal cord compression, but knowledge about the contrast distribution in flexion and normal position of nonaffected horses is lacking.
Maren Hellige, Caroline Schröder, Frauke Seehusen, Jessika‐M. Cavalleri, Karl Rohn, Peter Stadler, Florian Geburek   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Incidence, prevalence and mortality of rheumatoid arthritis in Canterbury, Aotearoa New Zealand

Internal Medicine Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Background There is relatively little research regarding the frequency of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Canterbury and no previous studies comparing the mortality of RA in Aotearoa New Zealand to a general population. Aims To determine the incidence, prevalence and mortality of RA in Canterbury, Aotearoa New Zealand. Methods Clinical records of
Hamish J. Farquhar, Tania Huria, Lutz Beckert, Christopher M. A. Frampton, Janine Haslett, Lisa K. Stamp   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source