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Spontaneous Resolution Of Syringomyelia Without Chiari Malformation - Case Report
(Japan Neurosurgical Soc, 2006)
A 30-year-old woman presented with a cervical syrinx manifesting as hemihypesthesia. Neuroimaging found no evidence of Chiari malformation or tight cisterna magna. Serial magnetic resonance imaging studies over a 6-year ...
An Update On Bone Substitutes For Spinal Fusion
(Springer, 2009)
With the current advances in spinal surgery, an understanding of the precise biological mechanism of each bone substitute is necessary for inducing successful spinal fusion. In this review, the categories of bone substitutes ...
Minimum 10 Years Follow-Up Surgical Results Of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients Treated With Tsrh Instrumentation
(Springer, 2007)
Last two decades witnessed great advances in the surgical treatment of idiopathic scoliosis. However, the number of studies evaluating the long-term results of these treatment methods is relatively low. During recent years, ...
A Demineralized Calf Vertebra Model As An Alternative To Classic Osteoporotic Vertebra Models For Pedicle Screw Pullout Studies
(Springer, 2008)
Screws, clamps and other spinal instrumentation materials are tested using healthy animal and healthy human vertebrae, but the application of similar tests to an osteoporotic vertebra is generally neglected because of high ...
Evaluation Of Shoulder Balance In The Normal Adolescent Population And Its Correlation With Radiological Parameters
(Springer, 2008)
A descriptive clinical study in healthy adolescents was done to evaluate the clinical shoulder balance and analyze the correlation between clinical and radiological parameters which are currently used to evaluate shoulder ...
Embolization Of High-Flow Craniofacial Vascular Malformations With Onyx
(Amer Soc Neuroradiology, 2007)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Various techniques and materials have been used for the endovascular treatment of craniofacial high-flow arteriovenous vascular malformations, because their rarity precludes standardization of their ...
Complete Labyrinthine Aplasia: Clinical And Radiologic Findings With Review Of The Literature
(Amer Soc Neuroradiology, 2009)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Complete labyrinthine aplasia (CLA), also referred to as Michel aplasia, is a severe congenital anomaly of the inner ear, defined by the complete absence of inner ear structures. The purpose of this ...
Results of Complete Hemivertebra Excision Followed By Circumferential Fusion and Anterior or Posterior Instrumentation in Patients with Type-IA Formation Defect
(Springer, 2006)
To evaluate the results of surgical treatment in patients with unlocked full-segmented hemivertebra treated by excision. Twenty-six patients with a mean age of 12.4 +/- 1.7 years were included in the study. The mean duration ...
The Effect of Calmodulin Antagonists on Scoliosis: Bipedal C57Bl/6 Mice Model
(Springer, 2009)
C57BL6 mice are melatonin deficient from birth and have been shown to develop scoliosis when rendered bipedal. Our previous work suggested that tamoxifen and trifluoperozine may change the natural course of scoliosis in a ...