abstract malacoplakia is a rare chronic inflammatory disease associated with infection and immunosuppression, and very few occurrences have been reported in the bone. the authors describe the case of a 22-year-old woman with paraplegia and urinary and fecal incontinence whose thoracic spine magnetic resonance imaging suggested a tumoral or extensive inflammatory process in the body of the 8th, ...

The aim of this study was to define reference values for vertebral heart score (VHS) and modified left atrium (LA)-VHS, cardiac structures, major thoracic vessels measurements ratios obtained from contrast radiography in Wistar albino rats. VHS, LA-VHS, (LV) right (RV) ventricles, interventricular septum (IVS), aorta (Ao), caudal vena cava (CaVC), fourth vertebrae (v) length (T4) were measured ...

Introduction: Vertebral arteries arise from the root of the neck as the first branches from the superior-posterior aspect of the subclavian arteries. They ascend the neck to enter the cranial cavity and supply blood to the brain. Methods: A total of 20 cadavers (in 10 years) were dissected for the study of variations in the origin of the vertebral artery. This study was conducte...

BACKGROUND In the late stage of Spinal tuberculosis, the bony destruction and vertebral collapse often leads to significant kyphosis, presenting clinically as a painful gibbus deformity, with increased instability, vertebral body translations and increased risk of neurologic involvement. Vertebral column decancellation is thought to be suitable for most patients with severe rigid kyphosis. Surg...

BACKGROUND Impaired bone quality is associated with poor outcome of spinal surgery. The aim of the study was to assess the bone mineral status of patients scheduled to undergo spinal surgery and to report frequencies of bone mineral disorders. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the bone mineral status of 144 patients requiring spinal surgery including bone mineral density by dual-energy X-ra...

OBJECTIVES To determine the efficacy of risedronate in reducing vertebral fracture risk in women aged 80 and older with osteoporosis. DESIGN Pooled analysis of data from three randomized, double-blind, controlled, 3-year-fracture-endpoint trials conducted from November 1993 to April 1998: Hip Intervention Program (HIP), Vertebral Efficacy with Risedronate Therapy-Multinational (VERT-MN), and ...

Objective To evaluate the clinical effect of transpedical interbody bone grafting in the treatment of senile osteoporotic vertebral fracture. Methods Eighty-six elders with osteoporotic vertebral fracture were selected and divided into a control group and a test group using random double-blind method. Patients in the control group were treated by short-segment transpedicular screw system inte...

INTRODUCTION Most studies concerned with the quality of life (QoL) of women with reduced bone mineral density (BMD) focus on patients with vertebral and non-vertebral fractures. Our objective was to evaluate QoL among patients with reduced BMD regardless of their fracture history compared to women with normal BMD. MATERIAL AND METHODS Eighty-five patients in the study group were classified as...