Multisegmental Stability

Scheuermann kyphosis: safe and effective surgical treatment using multisegmental instrumentation.

STUDY DESIGN A retrospective review was conducted on 23 consecutive patients who underwent surgical correction of Scheuermann kyphosis using modern multisegmental instrumentation. OBJECTIVE To evaluate Scheuermann kyphosis correction and complication rates. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA The surgical treatment of Scheuermann kyphosis remains a topic of debate. The literature of the 70s and 80s ...

Biomechanical analysis of transpedicular screw fixation in the subaxial cervical spine.

STUDY DESIGN An in vitro biomechanical study to compare 2 different dorsal screw fixation techniques in the cervical spine with respect to primary stability and stability after cyclic loading. OBJECTIVES To investigate if the biomechanical stability is better in pedicle screw or in lateral mass fixation. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA In patients with poor bone quality who require multisegmenta...

Atypical spinal tuberculosis involved noncontiguous multiple segments

In its typical form, spinal tuberculosis (TB) presents as destroyed contiguous vertebral bodies with involvement of intervertebral discs and paravertebral or psoas abscesses. Atypical forms are uncommonly reported. Here, we describe 8 patients with noncontiguous multisegmental spinal TB with no intervertebral disc involvement. From 2013 to 2014, we surgically treated 384 patients with spinal TB...

Multisegmental cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: anterior vs posterior approach.

AIMS To determine the surgical approach in patients with multisegmental (four or more segments) OPLL of the cervical spine. METHODS AND MATERIALS Data of 27 patients who had undergone either an anterior (corpectomy with excision of OPLL and interbody fusion = 14 patients) or posterior approach (laminectomy = 12, laminoplasty = 1 patient) for the multisegmental cervical OPLL was analyzed retro...

Operative treatment of multisegmental degenerative spine disease