Haematogenous osteomyelitis in newborns and infants usually occurs in the long bones and is rare in the short or flat bones. We present two neonates with osteomyelitis of the upper cervical spine affecting the second to fourth cervical vertebrae and the first and second cervical vertebrae, respectively. Despite some delay in diagnosis, both responded successfully to conservative treatment with ...

BACKGROUND The descriptions of the optimal method for placing a cervical collar incision for thyroidectomy or parathyroidectomy are varied. It has been our impression that a collar incision marked in the neutral upright neck, migrates superiorly relative to the sternal notch when the patient is placed in the supine position. The aim of this study was to investigate the validity of this impressi...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this systematic review is to assess the effectiveness of conservative treatments for patients with cervical radiculopathy, a term used to describe neck pain associated with pain radiating into the arm. Little is known about the effectiveness of conservative treatment for patients with cervical radiculopathy. METHODS We electronically searched the Cochrane Controlled Tria...

introduction: degenerative changes of the cervical spine are more common in elderly, but anterior cervical osteophytes that cause problems in swallowing are rare. the most common cause of this problem is dish disease (diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis). trauma is also suggested as a potential cause in osteophyte formation. case report: we report a rare case of anterior cervical osteophyt...

OBJECTIVE To construct a lead collar useful for shielding the electromagnetic radiation from the thyroid of patients treated with radioiodine (131)I for hyperthyroidism, thereby reducing the radiation emitted from these patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS A specially designed cervical lead collar was used to shield radiation exposure from 'hot thyroids' of 20 patients treated with iodine-131 for ...

Cervical orthoses are used to immobilize the cervical spine (Schneider et al., 2007) while treating a range of neck impairments from muscle spasm to serious instability (Johnson et al., 1977; Johnson et al., 1981), such as after cervical spine surgery (Schneider et al., 2007) and spinal cord injury (Johnson et al., 1981; Stambolis et al., 2003). There are many different cervical orthoses availa...

An 18-year-old man was admitted to the Emergency Unit shortly after having a gunshot wound in the neck. The patient developed an acute flaccid tetraplegia combined with arreflexia and sphincter impairment. He was promptly intubated and immobilized with a cervical spine collar. Threedimensional (3D) cervical computed tomography (CT) scan showed the bullet trajectory with entrance on the right si...

OBJECTIVES Standard therapy in Germany for acute whiplash injury has traditionally included a soft collar (cervical orthosis), an approach that is passive compared with early exercise and mobilisation. The purpose of this study is to examine the recovery in the first six weeks of groups of acute whiplash injury patients subjected to two different treatment approaches, the traditional approach o...

Background The incidence of infection after posterior cervical spine surgery ranges from 0 to 18%. Higher rates have been reported after posterior procedures compared with anterior procedures, but these studies have been for small series. We report on our rate of surgical site infection (SSI) after posterior cervical spine surgery and the risk factors that influence these infections. Methods We...