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Multiple-level cement vertebroplasty in patients with vertebral commpression fractures from osteodystrophy in chronic liver disease
(ACTA MEDICA BELGICA, 2008)
Multiple compression fractures of osteoporotic vertebrae are common in patients with a liver transplant or with chronic liver disease. The authors describe two such patients, treated with percutaneous cement vertebroplasty ...
Double-segment total vertebrectomy for the surgical treatment of congenital kyphoscoliosis: a case report
(ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2008)
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Congenital kyphosis or kyphoscoliosis is an uncommon deformity that usually is progressive without surgical intervention. In the lately diagnosed or neglected cases of congenital kyphoscoliosis, the ...
Pseudomeningocele in communication with the facet joint: demonstration by computerized tomography-arthrography
(SPRINGER, 2008)
Pseudomeningocele is an uncommon but well-known complication of lumbar spine operations. Although it is mostly asymptomatic and managed conservatively in most cases, it is claimed as a causative factor of failed back surgery ...
Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis: Correlation with oswestry disability index and MR imaging
(SPRINGER, 2008)
Because neither the degree of constriction of the spinal canal considered to be symptomatic for lumbar spinal stenosis nor the relationship between the clinical appearance and the degree of a radiologically verified ...
Posterior only pedicle screw instrumentation with intraoperative halo-femoral traction in the surgical treatment of severe scoliosis (> 100 degrees)
(LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2008)
Study Design. Retrospective clinical study. Objective. To report the results of surgical correction achieved by intraoperative halo-femoral traction and posterior only pedicle screw instrumentation in severe scoliosis ...