The aim of this study was to highlight the walking recovery after surgical management of traumatic burst fractures at the thoracolumbar junction (T10 or T11 or T12 or L1) in paraplegic patients to decide what surgeons should tell their patients to help them develop realistic expectations and potentially improve their outcome. This is a series of adult patients presented with paraplegia from iso...

BACKGROUND Based on systematic reviews, it appears that at least 10% of patients may continue to suffer with residual or persistent pain after successful vertebral or sacral augmentation procedures. OBJECTIVE To report and evaluate the incidence and prevalence of different spinal injections in patients who received vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty, and sacroplasty procedures for both benign and ma...

BACKGROUND To investigate the changes of cross sectional area (CSA) in paraspinal muscles upon magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal osteoporotic spinal compression fractures. METHODS We reviewed 81 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, who had underwent MRI examination. The patients were divided into 51 patients who had osteoporotic spinal compre...

AIMS This study is to determine if expression level of microRNA-143 (miR-143) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) are related to the occurrence and development of degenerative scoliosis. METHODS A total of 30 patients with degenerative scoliosis, 30 patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis were enrolled in this study. For control, 30 patients with spinal burst fractures were also enrolled in th...

OBJECTIVE Patients with hematological malignancies frequently encounter spine-related symptoms, which are caused by disease itself or process of treatment. However, there is still lack of knowledge on their epidemiology and clinical courses. The purpose of this article is to review clinical presentations and surgical results for spinal involvement of hematologic malignancies. METHODS From Jan...

Thoracolumbar fractures with spinal cord rupture are devastating injuries occurring from motor vehicle accidents, fall from height and injuries related to occupation and recreational activities. It has major functional, medical, psychosocial and financial effects on the injured person, family and society. Recent trends towards open reduction, arthrodesis, and stable internal fixation of spinal ...