BACKGROUND It has been our experience that ossification occurs adjacent to anterior cervical plates. Our hypothesis was that the closer the plate is to the adjacent disc space, the greater the ossification. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the lateral radiographs of the cervical spine of 118 patients who had a solid fusion following an anterior cervical arthrodesis with a plate for the tre...

Background. Caudal epidural steroid injections (CESIs) are an effective treatment for pain. If the injection spreads in a specific pattern depending on the needle position or bevel direction, it would be possible to inject the agent into a specific and desired area. Objectives. We conducted a prospective randomized trial to determine if the needle position and bevel direction have any effect on...

Lumbar lateral recess stenosis that results from a degenerative bulging of the disc and overgrowth of the facet is a very common cause for lumbar radiculopathy in the elderly. The standard surgical treatment for symptomatic lumbar lateral recess stenosis often requires a laminectomy or hemi-laminectomy and medial facetectomy which can further destabilize a pathological motion segment. The autho...

STUDY DESIGN A 12-year prospective study of de novo scoliosis in a community based cohort. OBJECTIVE.: To investigate factors associated with development of de novo scoliosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA De novo scoliosis is becoming one of the most prevalent findings in the aging spine, and this condition is associated not only with severe back or leg symptoms but also with complicated surgic...

INTRODUCTION The purposes of this study were to analyze the progress of internal derangement (ID) of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and to find critical yardsticks that can be used during lateral cephalometric analysis to identify subjects with potential ID. METHODS The sample consisted of 134 women whose primary complaints were malocclusions. They were divided into 5 groups based on the r...