Abstract The Upper Cretaceous São José do Rio Preto Formation (Bauru Group, southeastern Brazil) has yielded a fragmentary but taxonomically diverse record of titanosaur sauropods, although elements from cervical series remain scarce. Here, we describe a nearly complete sauropod axis from the Vila Ventura Paleontological Area, representing an uncommon ...
Bruno A. Navarro +7 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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Clinical features of ligamentosis in lumbar spinal stenosis in patients of different agе
Introduction. Ligamentosis of lumbar spinal canal are rare and not well investigated pathology.Materials and methods. From our patients with lumbar spinal stenosis we took that, which had changes in spinal ligamentsResults.
Yuriy Pedachenko, Elena Krasilenko
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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Presumptive Ascending/Descending Myelomalacia in Dogs after Thoracolumbar Intervertebral Disk Herniation [PDF]
Background: Ascending/descending myelomalacia (ADMM) is a severe complication of thoracolumbar intervertebral disk herniation (TL-IVDH) in dogs. Hypothesis/Objectives: To investigate the prevalence and risk factors for ADMM in nonambulatory dogs with ...
Aikawa +34 more
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Nasal soft‐tissue anatomy of Triceratops and other horned dinosaurs
Abstract Although ceratopsid dinosaurs possess a characteristically hypertrophied narial region, soft‐tissue anatomy associated with such a skeletal structure and their biological significance remain poorly understood. The present study provides the first comprehensive hypothesis on the soft‐tissue anatomy in the ceratopsid rostrum based on the Extant ...
Seishiro Tada +5 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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Whole spinal pneumorrhachis following perforation of the rectum: A case report
Spinal pneumorrhachis is a relatively rare condition. Herein, we describe a case of whole spinal pneumorrhachis. A 68-year-old male, with a history of total proctocolectomy due to ulcerative colitis, had fever, diarrhea, and inflammatory reactions ...
Hiroshi Kageyama, MD, PhD
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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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Over the edge: Empirical evidence for the cliff‐edge model of obstetric selection
Abstract The cliff‐edge model of obstetric selection maintains that larger neonates and smaller birth canals confer a positive selective advantage until labor becomes obstructed and vaginal delivery is no longer possible, eliciting an abrupt reduction in fitness.
Laura M. Watson +6 more
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In most series of neoplasms of the spinal canal, spinal cord and its leptomeninges, the incidence of meningioma group comprises approximately 25%. The incidence of multiple meningiomas is small when compared with the frequency of its single occurrence ...
José Alberto Gonçalves da Silva +3 more
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