REASON FOR PERFORMING STUDY There are no detailed studies describing a relationship between hindlimb lameness and altered motion of the back. OBJECTIVES To quantify the effect of induced subtle hindlimb lameness on thoracolumbar kinematics in the horse. METHODS Kinematics of 6 riding horses were measured during walk and trot on a treadmill before and during application of pressure on the so...

The present study aimed to discuss the method and effect of posterior internal fixation of thoracolumbar fractures strengthened by the vertical stress pedicle screw fixation of fractured vertebrae. Patients with single thoracolumbar fractures were examined retrospectively. Fourteen patients (group A) had been treated with vertical stress pedicle screw fixation of a fractured vertebra and sixtee...

OBJECTIVE We present a case of type I diastematomyelia diagnosed with ultrasonography at the 14th week of gestation. CASE REPORT A 26-year-old primigravida at 14 weeks' gestation was presented to our outpatient department with a complaint of dysuria. Routine antenatal ultrasound revealed disruption of the fetal upper thoracic vertebral column curvature, together with hemivertebrae. Further hi...

STUDY DESIGN A retrospective clinical study. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and safety of transforaminal decompression and interbody fusion in the treatment of thoracolumbar fracture and dislocation with spinal cord injury. METHODS Twenty-six spinal cord injured patients with thoracolumbar fracture and dislocation were treated by transforaminal decompression and interbody fusion. The op...

PURPOSE The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of posterior indirect reduction and pedicle screw fixation without laminectomy for the treatment of Denis type B thoracolumbar burst fractures with incomplete neurologic deficit. METHODS From March 2008 to May 2012, 36 consecutive patients of Denis type B thoracolumbar burst with incomplete neurologic deficit were enrolled. All of the ...