Manabe, Hiroaki Higashino, Kosaku Sugiura, Kosuke
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International journal of spine surgery
A discal cyst is a rare lesion that causes low back pain and radiculopathy of the lower extremities. There are several reports of discal cysts occurring after surgery, but data are limited on their occurrence after percutaneous endoscopic discectomy (PED). A 21-year-old man with disc herniation at the L4-L5 disc level underwent PED via a transforam...
Poorman, Gregory W Segreto, Frank A Beaubrun, Bryan M Jalai, Cyrus M Horn, Samantha R Bortz, Cole A Diebo, Bassel G Vira, Shaleen Bono, Olivia J DE LA Garza-Ramos, Rafael
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International journal of spine surgery
The study aimed to characterize trends in incidence, etiology, fracture types, surgical procedures, complications, and concurrent injuries associated with traumatic pediatric cervical fracture using a nationwide database. The Kids' Inpatient Database (KID) was queried. Trauma cases from 2003 to 2012 were identified, and cervical fracture patients w...
Musa, Arif Farhan, Saif Aldeen Lee, Yu-Po Uribe, Brittany Kiester, P Douglas
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International journal of spine surgery
We report a case of an elderly patient who was diagnosed with lateral atlantoaxial subluxation with type II odontoid fracture, an extremely uncommon upper cervical spine injury that has not been previously reported in the literature to the knowledge of the authors. An 87-year-old male reported to the emergency room following a syncopal episode afte...
Mohammad, Laila Malani Messegee, James Chohan, M Omar Taylor, Christopher L
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International journal of spine surgery
Cranial radiation exposure during instrumented spine surgery is not well documented. We set out to measure this risk to the patient, surgeon, surgical resident, and scrub technician during these procedures. Forty-seven individuals were enrolled during a 1.5-year period between October 2014 and March 2016 at the University of New Mexico Department o...
Mahato, Niladri Kumar Dhason, Raja Ram, Dv Raghu
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International journal of spine surgery
Symptomatic or asymptomatic transitional anomalies at the lumbosacral junction are common occurrences in the population. Lumbosacral (L5-S1) accessory articulations are the most common presentations of transitional anomalies at this region. Such anatomical alterations are believed to be associated with biomechanical changes of load-bearing and move...
Mayo, Benjamin C Massel, Dustin H Bohl, Daniel D Patel, Dil V Khechen, Benjamin Haws, Brittany E Narain, Ankur S Hijji, Fady Y Singh, Kern
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International journal of spine surgery
Study design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: To determine which components of the swallowing disorders quality of life (SWAL-QOL) survey are most relevant to assess dysphagia following anterior cervical spine surgery (ACSS). Summary of background data: The SWAL-QOL survey is an instrument that has been applied to patients undergoing ACSS pr...
Hoffman, Haydn Verhave, Brendon Jalal, Muhammad S Beutler, Timothy Galgano, Michael A Chin, Lawrence S
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International journal of spine surgery
Cortical bone trajectory (CBT) screws are an alternative to traditional pedicle screws (PS) for lumbar fixation. The proposed benefits of CBT screws include decreased approach-related morbidity and greater cortical bone contact to prevent screw pullout. Relatively little data is published on this technique. Here, we compare the midline lumbar fusio...
Joseph, Jacob R Neva, Jennifer Smith, Brandon W Strasser, Mary O Park, Paul
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International journal of spine surgery
Extreme obesity (class III) is defined by the Centers for Disease Control as a body mass index (BMI) value ≥40. Recent studies suggest that obese patients have poor outcomes after thoracolumbar spinal fusions. The objective of this study was to analyze 30-day adverse events and patient-reported outcomes (PROs) for this population. A retrospective c...
Hollenbeck, Justin F M Fattor, Jill A Patel, Vikas Burger, Evalina Rullkoetter, Paul J Cain, Christopher M J
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International journal of spine surgery
This was an analytic retrospective observational study. The aims were (1) to validate patient-specific templating process by comparing postoperative range of motion (ROM) with that predicted by the model, (2) to retrospectively determine the ideal implant size, height, configuration, and location to evaluate if the ROM achieved could have been impr...
Biakto, Karya T Arifin, Jainal Lee, Jansen Benjamin, Michael
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International journal of spine surgery
Only a few cases of traumatic atlantoaxial fracture-dislocation have been reported, and neglected cases are seldom found because of the fatal nature of this condition. We reported a neglected case of Jefferson fracture-dislocation associated with type II displaced odontoid peg fracture which was nonambulatory and myelopathic. A surgical plan involv...
