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Substantial vertebral body osteophytes protect against severe vertebral fractures in compression. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Recent findings suggest that vertebral osteophytes increase the resistance of the spine to compression. However, the role of vertebral osteophytes on the biomechanical response of the spine under fast dynamic compression, up to failure, is unclear ...
Eric Wagnac +7 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Studies investigating paleopathologies in sauropods remain scarce despite their relative abundance in the fossil record. In this study we report new occurrence of paleopathological features, corresponding to a neoplasm found in a middle caudal vertebra (MCT.R.2120) of an advanced titanosaur from the Presidente Prudente Formation (Bauru Basin ...
Maria Luiza Peres Bertolossi +5 more
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Drivers of tail evolution in squamates and their implications for the fossorial origin of snakes
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The axial skeleton serves as the primary structural support in all vertebrates and is subdivided into five distinct regions: cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and caudal. Relaxation of constraints acting on the terminal end of the axial skeleton has led to remarkable variation in caudal vertebrae number across Squamata.
Olivia Binfield +2 more
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Pregnancy Associated Osteoporosis Leading to Vertebral Compression Fracture
Türk Osteoporoz Dergisi, 2016 To describe a patient with low back pain developed in the postpartum period and diagnosed as having vertebral compression fracture due to pregnancy and lactation associated osteoporosis.
Berke Aras +5 more
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Instrumented Lumbar Corpectomy and Spinal Reconstruction Comparing rhBMP-2/Compression-Resistant Matrix, rhBMP-2/Absorbable Collagen Sponge/Ceramic Granules Mixture, and Autograft in Two Different Devices: A Study in Sheep [PDF]
, 2016 Study Design. Fusion success with rhBMP-2 and autograft in titanium or PEEK corpectomy devices was evaluated in a sheep lumbar corpectomy model. The 6 treatment groups included titanium mesh or PEEK corpectomy devices filled with rhBMP-2 on a compression-
Mobasser, Jean-Piere +3 more
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Archaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this paper we report on faunal remains recovered from a legacy archaeological excavation undertaken in the rockshelter entrance of Waribruk (New Guinea II Cave), a GunaiKurnai site located on the west bank of the Snowy River, East Gippsland, southeastern Australia.
Matthew C. McDowell +7 more
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Global Spine Journal, 2012 The purpose of this retrospective study was to demonstrate the surgical outcomes of anterior spinal fusion (ASF) and posterior subtraction osteotomy (PSO) for osteoporotic vertebral collapse (OVC).
Shinya Okuda MD +5 more
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Vertebral Compression Fracture in a Patient with Hyperthyroidism
Türk Osteoporoz Dergisi, 2016 Osteoporosis in men is an important public health problem, and its prevalence is increasing as the population ages. Although it is traditionally considered as a women’s health issue, osteoporosis-related mortality and morbidity rates are higher in men ...
Ayhan Kul +3 more
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Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation, EarlyView.Purpose To evaluate the reliability and validity of objective fat quantification using the modified Dixon magnetic resonance imaging sequence for assessing fatty degeneration in conservatively treated patients with proximal hamstring avulsion injuries. Methods Magnetic resonance imaging with modified Dixon sequence was used.
John Hanke +5 more
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Fever of Unknown Origin in the Elderly: Lymphoma Presenting as Vertebral Compression Fractures [PDF]
, 1994 Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/111209/1/j.1532-5415.1994.tb06080.x ...
Bradley, Suzanne F. +2 more
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