Spine
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Case report and clinical discussion. ⋯ In extensive spinal hemangiomas, radiotherapy may represent a safe treatment modality with rapid clinical improvement even in cases with spinal cord compression. This report contributes to a wide range of known vascular abnormalities in Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome and supports the need for a careful multisystemic evaluation of these patients.
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Retrospective single center analysis. ⋯ Our analysis suggest that patients undergoing minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusions procedures have a higher incidence of developing new radicular symptoms that could be attributed to BMP.
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Morphometric and volumetric analysis. ⋯ The degree of cervical angulation represents a consistent and significant anatomic relationship in the lower cervical spine and may necessitate a modified surgical approach.
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Biomechanical study of bovine spines. ⋯ This study has shown that using the FlexiCore system at 1 and/or 2 intervertebral disc spaces caudal to a scoliosis fusion model did not significantly change the sensor deflection at the 2 segments adjacent to a scoliosis fusion construct. Future research will continue to define the clinical setting and patients best suited for management by TDR systems.
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Case Reports
Putative risk of substantial venous air embolism during vertebroplasty: a technical observation.
Technical report. ⋯ VAE is a complication with associated morbidity and mortality from percutaneous procedures for the treatment of compression fractures. An understanding of the causes, prevention, identification, and management when it occurs will serve to improve patient care and reduce morbidity.