The aim of this study was to determine the influence of cervical spine mobility on the focal and postural components of the sit-to-stand transition, which represent the preparatory and execution phases of the task, respectively. Sixteen asymptomatic female participants (22 ± 3 years, 163 ± 0,06 cm, 57,5 ± 5 kg), free of any neurological or musculoskeletal disorders, performed six trials of the ...

Although anterior approaches to the cervical spine are popular and safe, they cause some of complications. Esophageal perforation after anterior spinal fusion is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication. We present a rare case of delayed esophageal perforation caused by a cervical screw placed via the anterior approach. A 43-year-old man, who had undergone surgery for complete cord ...

BACKGROUND Results showed good clinical outcomes of anterior corpectomy and fusion (ACCF) for patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) during a short term follow-up; however, studies assessing long term results are relatively scarce. In this study we intended to assess the long term clinical and radiographic outcomes, find out the factors that may affect the long term clinical outcom...

In this case report clinical and technical lessons including seven years follow up learned from a flexion-distraction, highly unstable cervical spine injury causing a complete separation of C6-7 cervical segment with tetraparesis in a 23-month-old boy, are presented. To our knowledge this is the only documented case in medical literature where adult size implants (cage, plate and lateral mass s...

PURPOSE To evaluate the neurological recovery and fusion rate of patients with myelopathy who were treated with anterior corpectomy and anterior cervical plating. METHODS The results of 17 cervical myelopathy patients who underwent decompression and anterior cervical plating were retrospectively reviewed at a mean follow-up of 2 years. RESULTS By Kurokawa score, 82.4% of patients showed exc...

Non-human primates are most suitable for generating cervical experimental models, and it is necessary to study the anatomy of spine in non-human when models. The purpose this was provide anatomical parameters spinal cord long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) as a basis spine-related studies. Cervical specimens from 8 male adult subjects were scanned by micro-computed tomography, an additio...

BACKGROUND The Halo Vest method is a non-invasive treatment of cervical spine fractures. It is successfully applied in adults, which is supported by numerous studies, but has rarely been used among children and young people. There is little published research in this field. The aim of the paper is to present the effectiveness of Halo Vest external fixation in children and to evaluate the compli...