In decades of technical developments after the first surgical corrections of spinal deformities, the set of devices, techniques, and tools available to the surgeons has widened dramatically. Nevertheless, the rate of complications due to mechanical failure of the fixation or the instrumentation remains rather high. Indeed, basic and clinical research about the principles of deformity correction...

BACKGROUND Posterior spinal fusion with segmental instrumentation is the gold standard for the surgical treatment of thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. More recently, anterior surgery and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery with spinal instrumentation have become available. The purpose of the present study was to compare the radiographic and clinical outcomes as well as pulmonary functi...

Spinal cord compression has been described in mucopolysaccharidosis I, II, IV, VI, and VII. The spinal cord compression in the mucopolysaccharidoses is believed to originate from narrowing of the vertebral canal due to bony abnormalities, and thickening of the meninges and spinal ligaments due to glycosaminoglycan infiltration [12]. The current standard of care involves surgical decompression. ...

Background & Aim: Lumbosacral pain is extremely common as age increases. Spinal instrumentation is sometimes recommended for lumbar canal stenosis and disk herniation surgery. This study aimed at studying the frequency of instrumentation in patients referring to our center. Methods & Materials/Patients: This retrospective cross-sectional study included 1200 patients with low back and...

abstract acute upper airway obstruction (uao) is a life threatening complication that is well recognized after carotid endarterectomy, thyroidectomy and pharyngeal area intervention. it is not widely acknowledged that airway obstruction can occur after cervical spinal fusion surgery which was first described in 1955. there are a number of common postoperative problems which may become apparent ...

1. Yue WM, Brodner W, Highland TR. Long-term results after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with allograft and plating: a 5 to 11-year radiologic and clinical follow-up study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2005;30:2138–44. 2. Baron EM, Soliman AM, Gaughan JP, Simpson L, Young WF. Dysphagia, hoarseness, and unilateral true vocal fold motion impairment following anterior cervical diskectomy and f...

We report a case of a 66-year-old woman with progressing myelopathy. Her history revealed instrumented fusion from T10 to S1 for degenerative lumbar kyphosis and spinal stenosis. The plain radiographs showed narrowing of the intervertebral disc space with a gas shadow and sclerotic end-plate changes at T9-T10. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a posterolateral mass compressing the spinal cord...

We present a 71-year old woman treated with 14 days of 5 mg intraventricular caspofungin for Scedosporium apiospermum complex meningoencephalitis diagnosed after spinal fusion and instrumentation. Cerebrospinal fluid studies improved during therapy and intraventricular administration was well tolerated. Within weeks of discontinuation, the patient experienced clinical deterioration with disease...

Introduction Herein, we describe the interesting case of a 13-year-old female with Kearns-Sayre syndrome (KSS) who underwent a successful T3 ~ L3 posterior spinal instrumentation and fusion (PSIF). KSS is a rare mitochondrial myopathy with only 226 cases reported in published literature as of 1992. It is the result of deletions in mitochondrial DNA and manifests as a triad of: 1) chronic progre...