Purpose This study aims to identify the effectiveness of the medial cortical line for attaining a more accurate tibial component alignment in proximal tibial resection using an extramedullary alignment rod. Materials and Methods The study examined 100 cases of total knee arthroplasty performed from December 2013 to February 2014 in a retrospective manner. On a preoperative anteroposterior (AP...

OBJECT The effects of sagittal kyphotic deformities or mechanical stress on the development of cervical spondylotic myelopathy, or the reduction and fusion of kyphotic sagittal alignment have not been consistently documented. The aim in this study was to determine the effects of kyphotic sagittal alignment of the cervical spine in terms of neurological morbidity and outcome after 2 types of sur...

STUDY DESIGN A retrospective study of patients who underwent 1-3-level kyphoplasty procedures at a single institute. OBJECTIVE To examine and compare the effects of single and multilevel kyphoplasty procedures on local versus overall sagittal alignment of the spine. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Cement augmentation has been a safe and effective method in the treatment of symptomatic vertebral ...

background & importance: hydatid disease of the spine is rare but constitutes approximately 50% of bone involvement cases in human hydatidosis. it is a severe condition associated with a high rate of morbidity, disability and mortality. case presentation: in the present paper, we report an intriguing case of cervical spinal hydatid disease mimicking traumatic burst fracture. conclusion: a high ...

DIAGNOSTIC STANDARDS There is insufficient evidence to support diagnostic standards. GUIDELINES In children who have experienced trauma and are alert, conversant, have no neurological deficit, no midline cervical tenderness, and no painful distracting injury, and are not intoxicated, cervical spine x-rays are not necessary to exclude cervical spine injury and are not recommended. In childr...

spinal traumatic injuries are the major damage which is associated with morbidity and mortality rates. in this study the epidemiological characteristics of spinal trauma and their outcome were investigated. in this cross sectional study, trauma patients who admitted to imam reza hospital were included. their information such as age, sex, type of injury, severity of injury and site of injury was...

background: one of the important sites for extrapulmonary tb involvement is the skeleton. tuberculous spondylitis (pott’s disease) comprises 50-70% of the skeletal tuberculosis. methods: in this case series study, we prospectively investigated the result of anterior surgery alone (anterior debridement, fusion and instrumentation) in the patients with spinal tuberculosis. the patients with immat...

This is a prospective study that has been done to assess the lumbar sagittal alignment of patients positioned prone over an adjustable hinged carbon fiber operating table. The following three variations table position have considered: neutral, 20° convex, and concave bending. A total 33 who underwent disc herniation canal stenosis surgery were enrolled. Patients presented with spinal deformity ...