BACKGROUND Clinically, sclerosing thoracic disc herniation is a disease with high surgical risk and various complications. Eggshell procedure is a surgical method used by surgeons to treat sclerosing thoracic disc herniation. The aim of this study was to report a modified eggshell procedure to treat sclerosing thoracic disc herniation. METHODS Medical records of 25 patients with sclerosing th...

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is currently considered the definitive surgical treatment for symptomatic single-level degenerative disc disease (DDD) of the cervical spine. The goals of ACDF are to relieve pressure on the spinal nerves (decompression) and to restore spinal column alignment and stability. Resolution of pain and neurological symptoms may be expected in more than 8...

AIMS The purpose of this study was to draw up a TMJ disc histopathological score that is a semi-quantitative transcription of the entire spectrum of TMJ disc degenerative diseases related to changes in disc tissue, and then validate the proposed grading, in order to contribute to a standardized histopathological diagnosis. METHODS Sections from sixty two temporomandibular joint disc specimens...

Percutaneous methods for treating herniated lumbar discs are relatively new procedures and include chemonucleolysist, automated discectomy and laser disc decompression3,4. The advantages of these procedures are minimal invasion and complications. However, discitis, bowel nerve root and great vessel injuries have been reported. Although chymopapain injected into the intervertebral discs, employe...

Deuterium (2H) double-quantum filtered (DQF) NMR spectroscopy of nucleus pulposus (NP) tissues from human intervertebral discs is reported. The DQF spectral intensities, DQ build-up rates, and DQF-detected rotating-frame spin-lattice relaxation times are sensitive to the degree of hydration of the NP tissue, and display a monotonous correlation with age between 15 and 80 years. The implications...

ESBLs are now a problem in hospitalized patients throughout the world. The prevalence of ESBLs among clinical isola tes varies greatly worldwide and in geographic areas and are rapidly changing over time. A total of 81 isolates of Enterobacteriaceae ESBLS, have been chosen in order to confirm ESBL-producing isolates, this confirmation was done by inhibitor potentiated disc diffusion test. Of th...

PURPOSE To investigate the etiology of bilateral disc swelling in Japanese. METHODS Using Kitasato University's Department of Neuro-Ophthalmology medical records and fundus photographs of the period December 1977 through November 2010, we retrospectively identified 121 outpatients who had been initially confirmed with bilateral disc swelling. RESULTS The most common cause of the bilateral d...

conclusions in this study, we found that in spite of previous beliefs, discopathies were not common etiologies of lbp. thus, even in patients with proven ldh by imaging studies, the physician should perform a thorough evaluation for other causes of lbp to avoid unnecessary lumbar surgeries. results in our study, among 1250 patients with proven ldh by mri, 500 patients (40%) had chronic lbp and ...

Finite element modeling has been widely used to simulate the mechanical behavior of the intervertebral disc. Previous models have been generally limited to the prediction of the disc behavior under simple loading conditions, thus neglecting its response to complex loads, which may induce its failure. The aim of this study was to generate a finite element model of the ovine lumbar intervertebral...