Spine
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A retrospective cohort study was conducted. ⋯ In selected patients with neuromuscular scoliosis, even that associated with pelvic obliquity, excellent correction and maintenance correction can be obtained fusing a relatively short segment of the spine with ASF and AI rather than a long construct posteriorly to the pelvis. Maintenance of the correction of the primary curve as well as the pelvic obliquity was maintained over the period of follow-up. This approach for selected patients should be offered as a way of limiting the extend of the surgery, preserving motion segments and maintaining orenhancing functions such as activities of daily living.
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Retrospective case series review. ⋯ Surgical correction was achieved in over half the levels that would have been operated by standard posterior segmental fixation. Bony healing due to the bone-on-bone apposition was achieved uneventfully after apical correction of the spinal curvature in all patients. Use of dual rod instrumentation (Kaneda Anterior Scoliosis System) is fundamental in maintaining the correction of the curvature achieved in the operating room. The preoperative planning technique worked well.
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Lumbar spinal instability was evaluated using radiographic parameters and intraoperative biomechanical measurement. ⋯ Disc angle in flexion and ROM were the most prognostic parameters of lumbar distraction instability. Although the option of spinal arthrodesis method should be determined based on both clinical manifestation and imaging studies, the current study demonstrated that providing of anterior column support is biomechanically reasonable for degenerative spondylolisthesis with segmental kyphosis in flexion.
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Radiographic evaluation of bony union and clinical outcome were investigated after posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) performed with only local bone. ⋯ A 100% bony union rate was obtained 12 months after PLIF with only local bone. The results showed that clinical viability of local bone as a source of bone graft in PLIF.
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Comparative Study
Cervical disc replacement-porous coated motion prosthesis: a comparative biomechanical analysis showing the key role of the posterior longitudinal ligament.
Benchtop cadaveric biomechanical comparative testing and caprine animal model in vivo implantation. ⋯ There are two basic types of total knee replacements, posterior cruciate ligament-preserving and posterior cruciate ligament-sacrificing designs. In the cervical spine, an analogous situation exists biomechanically depending on whether the posterior longitudinal ligament needs to be removed in its entirety as part of the spinal cord decompression part of the procedure--it may be helpful to conceptually differentiate between posterior longitudinal ligament-preserving and posterior longitudinal ligament-sacrificing total cervical disc replacements.