Complications of Posterior Fusion for Atlantoaxial Instability in Children With Down Syndrome [PDF]
Objective To clarify the complications of posterior fusion for atlantoaxial instability (AAI) in children with Down syndrome and to discuss the significance of surgical intervention.
Yoshiki Takeoka +8 more
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Relationship Between Types of Warming Devices and Surgical Site Infection in Patients Who Underwent Posterior Fusion Surgery Based on National Data [PDF]
Objective Perioperative hypothermia can lead to various complications. Although various warming techniques have been used to prevent perioperative hypothermia, the effect of these techniques on surgical site infection (SSI) during posterior fusion ...
Seung Hoon Kim +6 more
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Supplementary posterior fusion in patients operated on employing TLIF may decrease the instrumentation failure rate [PDF]
BackgroundIt is supposed that additional posterior fusion may provide additional stability of the pedicle screw; however, the clinical impact of additional posterior fusion in patients treated with TLIF remains uncertain.
Andrey Bokov +4 more
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Combined Anterior-Posterior Fusion Versus Posterior Alone Fusion for Cervical Myelopathy in Athetoid-Cerebral Palsy [PDF]
Study Design: Retrospective comparative study. Objectives: Although some studies have discussed the use of lateral mass screws (LMSs) in patients with cerebral palsy (CP), it is unclear whether posterior LMS fixation alone is a suitable method.
Gang-Un Kim MD +2 more
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Effect of posterior fusion surgery on idiopathic scoliosis in Iran
Background: Scoliosis is a sideways curve in the spine. Considering that postoperative complications are common among these patients, the aim of this study is to examine the postoperative complications of posterior fusion surgery with instrumentation ...
Masih Falahatian, Mohammad Farid Masaeli
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A spectrum of vertebral artery (VA) anomalies have been described with or without an associated congenital craniovertebral junction (CVJ) anomalies. C3 segmental VA, where the VA enters the dura at the level of C2/3 intervertebral foramen is an extremely
Kuntal Kanti Das +8 more
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Objective. To carry out a comparative analysis of two methods of the posterior bone block formation (with autograft bone chips or with a whole vertebral arch) and to assess the rate of bone block formation, the degree of surgery invasiveness and the ...
Dmitrii A. Ptashnikov +3 more
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COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF THE RESULTS OF TREATMENT OF UNSTABLE UNCOMPLICATED SPINAL FRACTURES
Objective: To perform a comparative analysis of the results of treatment of unstable uncomplicated spinal fractures (UUSF) Methods: Six hundred fifty-nine patients aged 18-74 years (mean age 45.4±2.3 years) with a UUSF were enrolled; 63.7% of them ...
U.M. PIROV +2 more
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Roy-Camille Type 3 suicidal jumper's fractures: Case series and review of the literature
Background: Roy-Camille reported only three patients in their Type 3 posttraumatic transverse sacral fracture (TSF) classification. A modified Roy-Camille classification has been already proposed by other authors suggesting further categorization of the ...
Giuseppe Emmanuele Umana +12 more
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A Comparative Analysis of Patients Undergoing Fusion for Adult Cervical Deformity by Approach Type
Study Design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: To provide insight into postoperative complications, short-term quality outcomes, and costs of the surgical approaches of adult cervical deformity (ACD).
Kunal Varshneya BS +11 more
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