This condition affects the thoracic spine between the neck and the lower back. It is a narrowing of the spinal canal that results from degeneration of bones in the spine, disc herniation, or thickening of the tissues that surround t...
The surgical indication is decided upon when the patient has functional symptoms that do not respond to medical treatment and/or when neurological symptoms appear or worsen. The presence of myelopathy signs on MRI (hypointense T1 signal and intramedullary hyperintense T2 signal) – even in the abse...
The common symptoms presenting in the neck are pain and stiffness; the majority of patients presenting with neck pain have chronic cervical intervertebral disc degeneration. Most neck pain resolves with simple conservative management though the course of resolution may be prolonged. If the pain ...
Some studies have demonstrated that an insufficient surgical correction of hypokyphosis in severe AIS can lead to sagittal malalignment and accelerated degeneration of the distal unfused vertebral segments3,4. Indeed, keeping an ideal standing posture is important to ensure the least amount of energy ...
Diagnosis of active TB was made based on clinical symptoms, laboratory findings, and radiographic evidence. Patients who had one of these manifestations as well as Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection confirmed postoperatively through laboratory tests such as acid-fast bacillus staining, bacterial cultures,...
D2. The timings of echocardiographic examination: first, at pre-discharge; second, at 1 month; then yearly; and should be done at any time when symptoms occur (grade C, EL 4). D3. The patient should be followed up by TTE and/or TEE in case of clinical symptoms or signs of prosthet...
This condition affects the thoracic spine between the neck and the lower back. It is a narrowing of the spinal canal that results from degeneration of bones in the spine, disc herniation, or thickening of the tissues that surrou...
Five patients had compression of neural structures in the lumbar spinal canal in MR images, but had no clinical symptoms. All patients exhibited narrowed disc heights and a decrease in the signal intensity of discs on T2-weighted images. The prevalence of disc protrusions was low; three ...
Given these findings, there has been some thought that ACDF down to C7 may experience additional risks for adjacent segment degeneration/disease (ASD) when compared with ASDFs that are cephalad to C7.Purpose: The goal of this study is to evaluate the rate of radiographic and clinical ASD in ...
dental implants, hip arthroplasty, and cervical disc degeneration [17,18,19,20]. FEM is a valuable tool for determining the body’s physical response to different pathologies as well as the modification of implants and augmentative procedures on native structures and biomechanics....