Spine articles
Neurosurgical Focus Long-term Clinical Outcomes After Bilateral Laminotomy or Total Laminectomy for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis A Single-institution Experience Andrea Pietrantonio, MD; Sokol Trungu, MD; Isabella Famà, MD; Stefano Forcato, MD; Massimo Miscusi, MD, PhD;...
Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2019 Jan 15;44(2):123-133. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000002893. Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation for Vertebral Compression Fractures: National Trends in the Medicare Population (2005-2015). Rabei R1, Patel K2, Ginsburg M3, Patel MV4, Turba UC2, Arslan B2, Ahmed O2. Author information Abstract STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective analysis...
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018 Nov 6;11:CD006349. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006349.pub4. Percutaneous vertebroplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture. Buchbinder R1, Johnston RV, Rischin KJ, Homik J, Jones CA, Golmohammadi K, Kallmes DF. Author information Abstract BACKGROUND: Percutaneous vertebroplasty remains widely used to treat osteoporotic vertebral fractures although...
BMJ. 2018 May 9;361:k1551. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k1551. Vertebroplasty versus sham procedure for painful acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (VERTOS IV): randomised sham controlled clinical trial. Firanescu CE1, de Vries J2,3, Lodder P3, Venmans A2, Schoemaker MC2, Smeets AJ, Donga E2, Juttmann JR2, Klazen CAH4, Elgersma OEH5, Jansen...
World Neurosurg. 2017 May;101:633-642. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.01.124. Epub 2017 Feb 10. Risk Factors for Cement Leakage After Vertebroplasty or Kyphoplasty: A Meta-Analysis of Published Evidence. Zhan Y1, Jiang J1, Liao H1, Tan H1, Yang K2. Author information Abstract BACKGROUND: Cement leakage is the...
J Neurosurg Spine. 2019 Feb 15:1-7. doi: 10.3171/2018.11.SPINE181092. [Epub ahead of print] Impact of decompression surgery without fusion for lumbar spinal stenosis on sagittal spinopelvic alignment: minimum 2-year follow-up. Ogura Y1, Shinozaki Y1, Kobayashi Y1, Kitagawa T1, Yonezawa Y1, Takahashi Y2, Yoshida K1, Yasuda A1, Ogawa J1....
The clinical and cost-effectiveness of corticosteroid injection versus night splints for carpal tunnel syndrome (INSTINCTS trial): an open-label, parallel group, randomised controlled trial. Chesterton LS, Blagojevic-Bucknall M, Burton C, Dziedzic KS, Davenport G, Jowett...
Eur J Cancer. 2019 Jan;107:28-36. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2018.11.011. Epub 2018 Dec 7. A novel risk calculator to predict outcome after surgery for symptomatic spinal metastases; use of a large prospective patient database to personalise surgical management....
Eur Spine J. 2018 Oct 17. doi: 10.1007/s00586-018-5795-6. [Epub ahead of print] Staged surgery for tandem cervical and lumbar spinal stenosis: Which should be treated first? Luo CA1, Kaliya-Perumal AK1,2, Lu ML3, Chen LH1, Chen WJ1,4, Niu CC5. Author information Abstract PURPOSE: Tandem...
