STUDY DESIGN A case-control study with prospectively collected samples for laboratory analysis in a series of patients with spinal fragility fractures and a series of patients without fracture who underwent fusion for LBP. OBJECTIVE Was an exploratory data analysis for candidate cytokine biomarkers present in the fracture milieu of patients with persistent back pain associated with vertebral ...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective review. PURPOSE We retrospectively reviewed our patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) to identify their patterns of spinal fractures to help clarify management strategies and the morbidity and mortality rates associated with this group of patients. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Because of the brittleness of bone and long autofused spinal segments in AS, spinal fractu...

OBJECTIVE The purpose was to identify the prevalence, causative factors, injury types, and associated injury patterns in multitrauma patients who sustained brachial plexus injuries. METHODS A retrospective review of a prospectively collected and computerized database and a chart review were performed. RESULTS Brachial plexus injuries were identified in 54 of 4538 (1.2%) patients presenting ...

PURPOSE To study the prevalence of osteoarthritis, osteoporotic vertebral fractures, and spondylolisthesis among elderly residents of a Japanese village and to examine the correlation between radiographic evidence of abnormality and lower back pain. METHODS 205 men (mean age, 70.7 years) and 323 women (mean age, 70.5 years) in a Japanese village participated in this cross-sectional study. Pla...

BACKGROUND The aim of this article was to review the incidence, presentation, treatment and complications of paediatric pelvic fractures of children who were admitted to our level 1 trauma centre and to compare them with our data from adult pelvic fracture patients. METHODS We conducted a retrospective chart review of all children with pelvic fractures who were managed at our institution betw...

AIM In comparison with closed fractures, open fractures have an increased risk of infection, there are soft tissue-related problems, and difficulties are experienced in union. The aim of this study was to evaluate and discuss the results of osteosynthesis applied with a noncontact plate in Gustilo-Anderson Type 2, 3a, and 3b fractures. METHOD The study included 23 patients applied with debrid...