BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The diagnosis of traumatic spinal dural tears is difficult to establish. The purpose of this study was to determine the reliable MR imaging findings suggesting dural tears in spinal burst fractures. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed spine MR images of 21 patients with dural tears (study group) and 33 patients without dural tears (control group), all of w...

A retrospective review of 75 burst fractures of the spine was performed to define the radiographic features found on high-resolution CT, polytomography, and plain radiography and thereby allow full characterization of this uncommon spinal injury. Characteristic components of the injury include: centripetally oriented disruption of the vertebral body, unilateral or bilateral laminar fractures th...

The objective of this study was to assess which patient group had better outcomes for management of single level thoracolumbar spinal fractures. We prospectively collected data on the outcomes of patients having either conservatively managed, traditional open surgery, or minimally interventional surgery (MIS) for treatment of a single level thoracolumbar fracture. All patients had previously as...

BACKGROUND Musculoskeletal injuries stemming from forceful muscular contractions during seizures have been documented in the literature. Reports of multiple seizure-induced spinal fractures, in the absence of external trauma and without risk factors for fracture, are rare. CASE PRESENTATION A 28-year-old male, newly diagnosed with epilepsy, presented to a chiropractic clinic with the complain...

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 H. Zreiqat et al. (eds.), A Tissue Regeneration Approach to Bone and Cartilage Repair, Mechanical Engineering Series, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-13266-2_2 Abstract Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) play an important role in osteoblast and chondrocyte differentiation and canonical Wnt signaling regulates bone mass. BMP-2 is approved for use in spi...

We report a rare case of multiple steroid-induced vertebral fractures associated with Wegener's granulomatosis. The patient had been administered prednisolone (20 mg/day) for 7 years. He visited us because of severe back pain after a slight fall. Motor weakness was detected below the L1 level. Radiographs and MRI of the spine revealed burst fractures of T56, and compression fractures of T9-10, ...

We present, along with a literature review, the case report of a 6-year-old boy, involved in a high-speed motor vehicle accident, who sustained a seat belt injury of the lumbar spine. We discuss the clinical presentation of thoracolumbar fractures in children, the sensitivity of clinical examination and radiographic evaluation and the associated abdominal injuries that are commonly present with...

Fractures at the thoracolumbar junction are the most common spinal column fractures. Among type C fractures in the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen Spine Classification, cases with complete fracture-dislocations of the spinal column often result in a critical neurological deficit despite surgical treatment. We present a case of an 18-year-old man who had a complete fracture-dislocati...

STUDY DESIGN Narrative literature review. OBJECTIVE The numbers of low-energy cervical fractures seen in patients suffering from ankylosing spondylitis (also known as Bechterew disease) or diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (also known as Forestier disease) have greatly increased over recent decades. These fractures tend to be particularly overlooked, leading to delayed diagnosis and se...

spine is a rare spinal injury often resulting from high-energy trauma. Associated soft-tissue thoracic injuries are common and are compounded by the often-associated paraplegia. Exceptionally, there are some cases of thoracic spine dislocations without neurological injuries. A major challenge in the surgical management of such spinal fractures is achieving reduction and then maintaining it afte...