OBJECTIVE Shifting national healthcare trends place increased emphasis on patient-centered care and value-based outcomes, and thus, patient-reported outcome instruments (PROIs) are often used. We sought to characterize the trends in PROI use over the past decade with regard to thoracolumbar degenerative spine disease and spinal deformity in major neurosurgical journals. METHODS Articles were ...

The care of patients with thoracolumbar spine trauma with or without neurologic deficits has evolved dramatically over the past 20 years with the emergence of tertiary-care spinal injury centers and the development of more effective spinal instrumentation and anesthesia techniques. Despite these advances, the majority of patients with thoracolumbar injuries are still treated nonoperatively with...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the use of pedicle screw fixation in earthquake injured thoracolumbar spine. METHODS Nineteen patients with posttraumatic instability of lower thoracic or upper lumbar spine were included in the study. White and Panjabi criteria was used to assess spinal instability. All patients underwent open reduction and internal fixation by posterior approach. Pedicles were localiz...

Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a hereditary connective tissue disorder that leads to bone weakness and deformities, especially in the spine, which can lead to poor outcomes.The aim of this study was to find patterns and risk factors in spinal deformities in patients with OI.In a retrospective study, 70 patients with OI were selected. Radiographs of the spine were evaluated. We observed the pre...

Background: Intradural extramedullary teratomas in the cervical or cervicomedullary region are rare adults. Case Description: We report a symptomatic, mature teratoma at junction 52-year-old Hispanic female who also has type I diastematomyelia thoracolumbar spine. The patient underwent surgical resection of lesion with resolution presenting symptoms. Histopathology revealed cystic pulmonary dif...

BACKGROUND Currently long-segment pedicle instrumentation for a thoracolumbar (T-L) fracture-dislocation is gaining in popularity. Otherwise, short-segment fixation may be chosen as an another treatment method. This article evaluates the efficacy and complications of short-segment fixation for the treatment of thoracic or lumbar spine fracture-dislocation. METHODS Twenty patients with thoraci...

We report two patients with ventral schwannoma in the thoracolumbar region manifesting as low back pain with or without paraparesis. In both patients magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a heterogeneously-enhanced intradural extramedullary mass in the thoracolumbar region. The tumors were successfully removed via the posterior approach. Their histology was consistent with schwannoma. Posto...

The treatment of pathologies in the thoracic spine is a challenge. periodic failure pedicle screw insertion and anatomical variations make search for an alternative to screws surgery necessary. interlaminar crossed well-known secure method fusion cervical spine, there used be insufficient clinical data support this technique, until now. We demonstrate initial series 10 cases treated with associ...