OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of transpedicular screw fixation in neurological recovery and pain control in thoracolumbar junction injuries. METHOD This audit was carried out in the Neurosurgery Department of Postgraduate Medical Institute, Hayatabad Medical Complex Peshawar from November 2008 to April 2010. Written informed consent was taken from all patients. Detail history, clinica...

brown tumors may occur secondary to hyperparathyroidism in patients with chronic renal failure (ckd). they are increasingly rare because hyperparathyroidism in now diagnosed and treated at an early stage. we report 67-year-old man who had been on hemodialysis for crf for over 3 years, who presented with back pain over the thoracolumbar junction from 2 years ago and because of pain he could not ...

There has been a large series in the literature reporting on results of osteotomy for the correction of kyphotic deformity secondary to post-traumatic thoracolumbar fracture. However, there are few reports on using intraoperative, full rotation, three dimensional image (O-arm)-based navigation, transpedicular wedge osteotomy for the correction of kyphotic deformity in old thoracolumbar fracture...

1. Borcek AO, Suner HI, Emmez H, Kaymaz M, Aykol S, Pasaoglu A: Accuracy of pedicle screw placement in thoracolumbar spine with conventional open technique. Turk Neurosurg 24:398-402, 2014 2. Ersen O, Bilgi S: Is it safe to evaluate pedicle screw position with postoperative tomography? Turk Neurosurg 25: 678, 2015 3. Tian NF, XU HZ: Image-guided pedicle screw insertion accuracy: A meta-analysis...

Materials and methods The study comprised 996 girls, aged 9 to 13, mean 11.0 ± 1.0 years of age. ATI measurements were performed at three levels of the spine: proximal thoracic, main thoracic and thoracolumbar/lumbar. Maximal ATI values for standing and sitting forward bending positions were noted. Based on the ‘7°’ criterion, the number of children who need follow up was revealed, according to...

Aims: To understand the sagittal and mobility characteristics of thoracolumbar segment spine in students specialising physical dance. METHODS: Sagittal curvature was measured 35 standard dance students, 41 Latin 43 general university using Spinal Mouse electrometer. Results: (1) In upright position, T9/10 to L4/5 significantly less dance-specific girls than regular female (p<0.05). (2) The T...

Study design: Case reports of abnormal appearance of hemangioma in thoracolumbar spine in bone scintigraphy. Objective: To report an unusual presentation of spinal hemangioma mimicking metastasis in bone scintigraphy and SPECT-CT. Summary of back ground data: Spinal hemangiomas are usually incidental findings. Most of them are asymptomatic and bone scintigraphy will be normal in majority of the...

UNLABELLED INTRODUCTION Alternative fusion expanders are in clinical use for instrumented posterolateral fusion (PLF) to avoid donor site morbidity in autologous bone graft (ABG) harvesting. Purpose of this study was to evaluate demineralized bone matrix (DBM) in PLF as alternative to the gold standard of ABG in acute traumatic vertebral body fractures of the thoracolumbar spine. MATERIAL AND M...

BACKGROUND The objective of the study was to improve the accuracy of computer-assisted pedicle screw installation in the spine. This study evaluates the accuracy of computer-assisted pedicle screw placement with separate spinal reference clamp placement and registration on each instrumented vertebra for thoracolumbar spine fractures. METHODS Postoperative radiographs and CT scans assessed the...