Published in Journal of neurosciences in rural practice
Traumatic spondylolisthesis of axis or hangman's fracture is the second most common C2 vertebra injury. We present a report of a young man presenting with a history of fall from height with C2 to C3 spondylolisthesis without any evidence of injury to pars interarticularis but with associated injury to capsular ligament of facet joint along with pos...
Published in Journal of Orthopaedic Case Reports
Introduction: Traumatic spine injury is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in trauma patients. Open surgical procedure is associated with increased blood loss, surgical trauma, and increased recovery period. The goal of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is to minimize iatrogenic trauma caused by open surgery. Case Report: A 39-year...
Published in Modern Technologies in Medicine
Intermediate transpedicular fixation, i.e. additional insertion of transpedicular screws into the injured vertebrae, is an improvement to the most popular surgical intervention for spinal injuries, currently gaining widespread use in clinical practice. Unilateral insertion of transpedicular screws into the injured vertebrae allows combining the adv...
Published in Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007)
Central nervous system (CNS) trauma is often related to tissue loss, leading to partial or complete disruption of spinal cord function due to neuronal death. Although generally irreversible, traditional therapeutic efforts, such as physical therapy exercises, are generally recommended, but with a poor or reduced improvement of the microenvironment,...
Published in Spine
Study Design. Multicenter validation study. Objective. The aim of this study was to translate and adapt the AOSpine PROST (Patient Reported Outcome Spine Trauma) into English, and test its psychometric properties among North-American spine trauma patients. Summary of Background Data. In the absence of an outcome instrument specifically designed and...
Published in Journal of Clinical Medicine
In diffuse idiopathic hyperostosis (DISH), the ankylosed spine becomes susceptible to spinal fractures and spinal cord injuries due to the long lever arms of the fractured segments that make the fracture extremely unstable. The aim of this retrospective multicenter study was to examine the differences in DISH-affected spine fractures according to f...
Published in Global Spine Journal
Study Design: A multicenter, pilot study, for radiological assessment of thoracolumbar spine fractures was performed with the participation of 7 centers in Africa, Europe, Asia, and South America as a part of the AO Foundation network. Objectives: To determine the interobserver variability for computed tomography (CT) scan–based evaluation of poste...
Published in Journal of neurosurgery. Spine
Spinal trauma is a major cause of disability worldwide. The burden is especially severe in low-income countries, where hospital infrastructure is poor, resources are limited, and the volume of cases is high. Currently, there are no reliable data available on incidence, management, and outcomes of spinal trauma in East Africa. The main objective of ...
Published in The Iowa orthopaedic journal
Elevated Metrorail systems differ from conventional trains by their slower speeds and collisions with pedestrians predominantly occurring at accessible stations or platforms. Here, the orthopedic implications of pedestrians struck by a Metrorail are evaluated, as were the correlations of substance abuse and psychiatric history on injury and death. ...
Published in The Journal of emergency medicine
Background: Delayed diagnoses of unstable thoracolumbar-spine (TL-spine) fractures can result in neurological deficits and avoidable pain, so it is important for clinicians to reach prompt diagnostic decisions. There are no validated decision aids for determining which trauma patients warrant TL-spine imaging. Objectives: Quantifying the diagnostic...
