Objective The aim of this study is to compare the radiological and clinical results patients who underwent anterior cervical discectomy fusion, determine relationship between fusion formation bone mineral density. Materials Methods A total 23 patients, were admitted with a diagnosis degenerative disc disease spondylosis at Faculty Medicine Orthopedics Traumatology clinic, included in study. cas...

conclusions in patients with tm, bone widening, trabeculation, paraspinal masses and facial bone deformity were lower than patients with ti, whichcan be related to effectiveness of therapy with blood transfusion irrespective of its adverse effects in tm patients. results all radiologic findings were significantly higher in patients with ti compared to tm (p< 0.05). in patients with ti, only tra...

Hemivertebrae are a common cause of congenital scoliosis. Depending on their location and the magnitude of the resultant deformity, they may be asymptomatic or require treatment. In the past, treatment has focused on prevention of deformity progression in growing children. Little has been written about congenital scoliosis presenting in adulthood. Because the aging of the spine is a kyphosing p...

Background: Spinal tubercular infection is the most common and dangerous form of skeletal tuberculosis. It constitutes 1/3 to 1/2 of all bone and joint tuberculosis. Even today tb spine is a life threatening condition inspite of advances in diagnostic procedure surgical techniques and effective tuberculostatic drugs. Delay in establishing diagnosis and surgically reliving the spinal cord compre...

The dropped head syndrome (DHS) is a disabling condition caused by severe weakness of the neck extensor muscles causing progressive reducible kyphosis of the cervical spine and the inability to hold the head up. Weakness can occur in isolation or in association with a generalized neuromuscular disorder. Isolated cases are owed to the late onset of noninflammatory myopathy designated as INEM, wh...

Nowadays spinal deformities are very frequent problems among teenagers. Scheuermann disease is a one dimensional deformity of the spine, but it has prevalence over 11% of the children. A traditional technology, the moiré method was used by us for screening and diagnosing this type of spinal deformity. A LabVIEW program has been developed to evaluate the moiré pictures of patients with Scheuerma...

Study Design Case report. Objective The aim of this study is to describe a case of vascularized fibula strut graft implanted in the cervicothoracic spine of a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1-related progressive kyphosis. Methods A detailed history examination of the surgical procedures and the results of the follow-up after fibula strut graft implantation were performed. In addition, a re...

Background The treatment of congenital spinal deformities is a real challenge. The modern standard of treatment includes surgical interventions intended to correct or fuse the spine. In some cases, such an approach is impossible because of severe comorbidities. We hypothesized that a Cheneau brace might be effective in young patients with congenital spinal deformity. This paper is a continuatio...

We report staged treatment of severe combined spinal deformity in an 11-year-old patient with Ollier disease and abnormal cervical vertebra. Combined scoliosis with systemic pathology and abnormal vertebrae is a rare condition and features atypical deformity location and rapid progression rate and frequently involves the rib cage and pelvis, disturbing the function of chest organs and skeleton....

Severe thoracolumbar kyphotic deformity caused by old compressive vertebrae fracture remains a big challenge for spine surgeons. When symptoms related to significant deformities cannot be adequately managed conservatively, posterior vertebral column resection (PVCR) is required, but with long operating time and severe blood loss. We develop a UPVCR technique, which is done through a unilateral ...