World Neurosurg 2020 Jan 29
Iatrogenic common iliac vessels injury during routine degenerative lumbar spine surgery: report of 2 cases and review of literature.
Kwinta BM, Myszka AM, Bigaj MM, Dragan MR, Kenig J, Krzyzewski RM
Injury of the iliac vessels is a rare complication of lumbar spine surgery but with potentially life threatening consequences. We are presenting two c ...
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Source: PubMed
J Neurosurg Spine 2020 Jan 31
Gender differences in the surgical management of lumbar degenerative disease: a scoping review.
MacLean MA, Touchette CJ, Han JH, Christie SD, Pickett GE
Despite efforts toward achieving gender equality in clinical trial enrollment, females are often underrepresented, and gender-specific data analysis i ...
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Int J Surg Case Rep
Posterior lumbar interbody fusion graft penetrated the lumbar thecal sac in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis: A case report.
Lim DJ, Lee JH
Intradural foreign bodies have been reported to be associated with disc material, tumors, and bullets following spinal gunshot injuries. In this repor ...
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Curr Pain Headache Rep
Evaluation of Cost-Utility of Thoracic Interlaminar Epidural Injections.
Manchikanti L, Pampati V, Sanapati SP, Sanapati MR, Kaye AD, Hirsch JA
Chronic thoracic pain, even though not as prevalent as low back and neck pain, appears in approximately 30% of the general population. The severity of ...
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Clin Neurol Neurosurg
Comparison of stand-alone cage and cage-with-plate for monosegmental cervical fusion and impact of virtual reality in evaluating surgical results.
Zawy Alsofy S, Nakamura M, Ewelt C, Kafchitsas K, Fortmann T, Schipmann S, Suero Molina E, Welzel Saravia H, Stroop R
After ventral decompression of monosegmental cervical spondylotic stenosis, a stand-alone cage (SC) or cage-with-plate (CP) can be inserted for fusion ...
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