European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society
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Spasticity is motor disorder characterized by a velocity-dependent increase in tonic stretch reflexes (muscle tone) with exaggerated tendon jerks, resulting from hyper-excitability of the stretch reflex, as one component of the upper motor neuron syndrome. ⋯ Both neurotomies and dorsal rhizotomies were safe surgical procedures and were provided with good improvement in respect of: muscle power, severity of spasticity, patient's ambulation, gait, range of joint movement, associated pain, functional disability, and nerve excitability with no significant difference between both procedures.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Spinal pain-good sleep matters: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.
The estimated prevalence of poor sleep in patients with non-specific chronic low back pain is estimated to 64% in the adult population. The annual cost for musculoskeletal pain and reported poor sleep is estimated to be billions of dollars annually in the US. The aim of this cohort study with one-year follow-up was to explore the role of impaired sleep with daytime consequence on the prognosis of non-specific neck and/or back pain. ⋯ Patients with non-specific neck and/or back pain and self-reported good sleep are more likely to experience a minimal clinically important difference in pain and disability compared to patients with impaired sleep with daytime consequence.
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No study has investigated preoperative anxiety about spinal surgery under general anesthesia. The purposes of this study were (1) to determine how many patients have preoperative anxiety about spinal surgery and general anesthesia, (2) to evaluate the level of anxiety, (3) to identify patient factors potentially associated with the level of anxiety, and (4) to describe the characteristics of the anxiety that patients experience during the perioperative period. ⋯ Patients awaiting laminectomy or discectomy feared spinal surgery more than general anesthesia. This study also found that medical staff and surgeons play important roles in overcoming and reducing patient anxiety during the perioperative period.
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The authors have developed a "para-midline" approach to the posterior lumbar spine using a virtually avascular surgical plane not previously described in the literature. It was their purpose to document consistent MRI presence of this plane and to prospectively evaluate its clinical use in terms of blood loss. ⋯ The para-midline approach for lumbar surgery is associated with less blood loss than traditional, subperiosteal exposure techniques. The fatty interval through which this approach is made is universally present and identifiable on MRI. The authors offer this approach as a means of decreasing the risks associated with blood loss and transfusion with posterior lumbar surgery.
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Evaluate the factors associated with postoperative ICU admission in patients undergoing surgical management of degenerative lumbar spine disease. ⋯ Age, female gender, ASA grade, cardiac comorbidities, intraoperative blood loss, and length of surgery were associated with increased risk of postoperative ICU admission. Knowledge of these factors can aid surgeons in patient selection and preoperative discussion with patients about potential need for unexpected admission to the ICU.