Summary: Background: For thoracolumbar burst fractures with spinal canal compromise but no neurological deficit, is it necessary to perform additional laminectomy decompression after the currently accepted posterior pedicle-screw internal fixation ...
Lijie Yuan +7 more
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3D CT volumetric analysis of spinal canal volume in Bichon Frisé, Dachshund, and French Bulldog: correlation with neurologic severity in thoracolumbar disc herniation [PDF]
IntroductionThe intervertebral disc herniation (IVDH) is one of the most common causes of spinal injury in dogs. Certain breeds, notably chondrodystrophic dogs, are predisposed to severe thoracolumbar IVDH due to anatomical and genetic factors ...
Ionuț Claudiu Voiculeț +8 more
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Cervical Spinal Cord Injury in Patients with Cervical Canal Stenosis without Radiologic Evidence of Trauma: Evaluation of 15 Consecutive Cases [PDF]
Objective: Cervical spinal canal stenosis is a well-known risk factor for spinal cord injury. In some patients, spinal cord injury is the first symptom of spinal stenosis.
Burak Eren +8 more
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Could spinal canal compression be a cause of polyneuropathy?
Causality between spinal cord compression and polyneuropathy is difficult to define, especially under the circumstances that polyneuropathy can have many causes. Seven patients with spinal cord compression and electrophysiological signs of polyneuropathy
Richard Bostelmann +3 more
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Establishment of the Lunar Phase Morphological Classification for Cervical Spinal Canal [PDF]
Study Design Retrospective clinical trial. Purpose To establish a morphological classification of the cervical spinal canal using its parameters. Overview of Literature Cervical spine computed tomography (CT) data of 200 healthy volunteers in 2 years ...
Zhongyi Cui +8 more
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Objective: The aim of this experimental study was to evaluate the effect of expansive open-door laminoplasty with simple suture fixation on spinal canal diameter in a rabbit model.\r\nMethods: Twenty white New Zealand rabbits were operated on with C4-C7 ...
Massoud Fateh +3 more
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Cervical spinal canal narrowing and cervical neurologi-cal injuries
【Abstract】Cervical spinal canal narrowing can lead to injury of the spinal cord and neurological symptoms in-cluding neck pain, headache, weakness and parasthesisas.
ZHANG Ling +5 more
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Development of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Caused by Lumbar Vertebral Compression Fracture
Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal by a combination of bone and soft tissues, which causes mechanical compression of spinal nerve roots.Diagnosis is made by computerized tomography, myelography, or magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. The aim
Hidayet Sarı +2 more
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Sacrococcygeal teratoma with spinal canal invasion
We report a case of a neonate with Altman typeⅠsacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT) with spinal canal involvement, in which ultrasonography was useful in the evaluation of the tumor progression into the spinal canal.
Shuichi Ishibashi +8 more
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The Change of Spinal Canal According to Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion in Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: A Prospective Observational Study [PDF]
Objective Oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF) involves inserting large cages into the interbody disc space. This expands the spinal canal and neural foramen by stretching the ligament flavum and releasing the facet joint, resulting in indirect neural ...
Young-Seok Lee +6 more
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