Almost any time a physician treats a bony lesion or fracture pathological to the spine, the world of poor bone quality is entered. In order to improve understanding (and control) of the normal and diseased skeletal system, it is necessary to be conversant with a basic knowledge of these ...
Symptoms were caused by associated lumbar disc herniations or by gradual impingement by the bony lesion on neural tissue. The success rate after operation was 84%. Anterior spinal canal compromise by bony lesions can be treated by decompression through a posterior approach with minimal destruction ...
Conclusions The authors conclude that in tropical regions, hydatid disease of the cervical spine should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with high cervical compressive myelopathy, especially when associated with fever. Spinal hydatosis may mimic a bony lesion on imaging...
To clarify the significance of Modic changes, bony endplate lesions, and disc degeneration as predictors of chronic low back pain (LBP) during 1-year follow-up.Methods49 patients with severe, non-specific, chronic LBP, and Modic 1 lesion (M1) were prospectively studied with MRI and ...