walking function, development of evolutive scoliosis and progressive decline of the respiratory function leading patients to premature death. In 1985 Y. Rideau in France carried out a new global therapeutic strategy for treatment of lower limb deformities, scoliosis deformity and progressive restrictive syndrome. The indication for surgery at the lower limbs is made very early, at the onset of ...

walking function, development of evolutive scoliosis and progressive decline of the respiratory function leading patients to premature death. In 1985 Y. Rideau in France carried out a new global therapeutic strategy for treatment of lower limb deformities, scoliosis deformity and progressive restrictive syndrome. The indication for surgery at the lower limbs is made very early, at the onset of ...

BACKGROUND Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) technique is becoming the standard tissue sparing approach for decompression of lumbar central and lateral recess stenosis, intervertebral disc herniation, or any situation that would have required extensive open decompression laminectomy. Full-endoscopic or arthroscopic assisted surgery is arguably the "ultra-MIS" approach to lumbar spinal pathology....

The prevalence of lumbar disc syndrome (herniated disc or typical sciatica) and its consequences in terms of disability, handicap, and need for medical care were studied as part of the Mini-Finland Health Survey. A sample of 8000 persons representative of the Finnish population aged 30 or over was asked to come for examination, and 7217 (90%) participated. A diagnosis of lumbar disc syndrome ba...

BACKGROUND Pertinent literature on revision lumbar spinal surgery has revealed a wide variation in success rates, ranging from 12% to 82%. In addition, a solid consensus has not yet been reached on its positive factors. We retrospectively reviewed 124 consecutive patients who underwent revision lumbar spinal surgery and investigated the factors that affected the outcomes of their surgery. MET...

An 18-year-old man with Marfan syndrome and migraine headaches presented with acute worsening of headaches with postural changes following spinal fusion surgery for scoliosis. Lumbar spine MRI done before surgery showed diffuse dural ectasia (figure 1). Brain MRI after surgery showed distended transverse and sagittal dural venous sinuses and an enlarged pituitary gland suggesting intracranial h...

A radiographic study on Knee-Spine Syndrome in the coronal plane a, Harato, K; Otani, T; Yoshida, H. a Department of Orthopedic Surgery, IUHW Mita Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, b Department of Sports Clinic, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan c Department of Orthopedic Surgery, NHO Tochigi Hospital, Utsunomiya, Japan, [email protected] Introduction Clinically, back pain is present in 54.6 % of patients...