ECNS Instrumentation Report

ECNS 494.01: Senior Seminar

Instrumentation Project Final Report

Delayed infection 6 years after spinal instrumentation: a case report.

Infection is the major and important complication of spinal instrumentation generally requiring removal of the implant. Although findings of infection usually appear within a few months after operation, they may appear even after few years in some cases. A case with delayed postoperative infection 6 years after surgery is reported. A 27-year-old female with purulent flow from her anterolateral ...

Preliminary Report of Instrumentation in Tuberculous Lumbosacral Spine.

The aims of spinal tuberculosis treatment are to eradicate the disease, to prevent the development of paraplegia and kyphotic deformity, to manage the existing deformity and neurological deficit, to allow early ambulation and to return the patient back to daily life. Methods for the treatment of tuberculosis of vertebra are still controversial. Conservative treatment includes medical therapy as...

On the Competition between ECNs, Stock Markets and Market Makers

Favored by the Security Exchange Commission, Electronics Communication Networks (ECNs) have grown as alternative trading systems that enable to bypass the markets makers on the stock markets and allow investors to directly compensate and execute their orders with more discretion and at a lower cost. In this paper we underline the fragile character of the current ECNs and question their competit...