Advice on Standardized Diagnosis and Treatment for Spinal Diseases during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic [PDF]
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak started in December 2019 that caused difficulties for clinical work. Practical work experience in our spinal outpatient and emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic is summarized in this article, with
Jun Zou+4 more
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Recommendations for the management of MPS IVA: systematic evidence- and consensus-based guidance. [PDF]
IntroductionMucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) IVA or Morquio A syndrome is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder (LSD) caused by deficiency of the N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfatase (GALNS) enzyme, which impairs lysosomal degradation of keratan ...
Akyol, Mehmet Umut+30 more
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Experience in the treatment of implant-associated wound complications after spinal surgery
Objective: Improvement of the treatment results of patients with implant-associated complications in the surgical site (SSI) by developing treatment tactics depending on the type of complication.Material and methods: The analysis of the treatment results
V. K. Shapovalov+2 more
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Clinical and molecular features and therapeutic perspectives of spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1 [PDF]
Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress (SMARD1) is an autosomal recessive neuromuscular disease caused by mutations in the IGHMBP2 gene, encoding the immunoglobulin μ-binding protein 2, leading to motor neuron degeneration.
Corti, Stefania+4 more
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Magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar spine: can we reach a consensus and have norms? A plea to colleagues in radiology India [PDF]
Study Design An analytical study. Purpose To analyze the inadequacies of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) films provided by diagnostic centers, leading to questionable and inconclusive diagnoses.
Arvind G. Kulkarni+5 more
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Spinal disease diagnosis assistant based on MRI images using deep transfer learning methods
IntroductionIn light of the potential problems of missed diagnosis and misdiagnosis in the diagnosis of spinal diseases caused by experience differences and fatigue, this paper investigates the use of artificial intelligence technology for auxiliary ...
Junbo Xuan+5 more
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Early stages of building a rare disease registry, methods and 2010 data from the Belgian Neuromuscular Disease Registry (BNMDR) [PDF]
The Belgian Neuromuscular Disease Registry, commissioned in 2008, aims to collect data to improve knowledge on neuromuscular diseases and enhance quality health services for neuromuscular disease patients.
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Rate of complications due to neuromuscular scoliosis spine surgery in a 30-years consecutive series [PDF]
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the rate of intraoperative and postoperative complications in a large series of patients affected by neuromuscular scoliosis. METHODS: It was a monocentric retrospective study.
CALDERARO, COSMA+5 more
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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes Among Individuals With Spinal Implant Infections: A Descriptive Study. [PDF]
Little is known about the clinical presentation and outcomes associated with spinal implant infections. Here, we describe a single center's experience in a retrospective cohort of 109 individuals with spinal implant infections, including clinical ...
Baxi, Sanjiv M+5 more
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CTSpine1K: A Large-Scale Dataset for Spinal Vertebrae Segmentation in Computed Tomography [PDF]
Spine-related diseases have high morbidity and cause a huge burden of social cost. Spine imaging is an essential tool for noninvasively visualizing and assessing spinal pathology. Segmenting vertebrae in computed tomography (CT) images is the basis of quantitative medical image analysis for clinical diagnosis and surgery planning of spine diseases ...
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