Neurological injury is a potential complication of anterior cervical discectomy (ACDF). Iatrogenic trauma, hypoxic-ischemic damage during surgery or epidural hematoma could cause neurologic deterioration after surgery. This is the first case being reported of neurologic deterioration after an anterior cervical discectomy due to ligamentum flavum buckling. The case illustrated an uncommon cause ...

BACKGROUND This study compared axial length changes induced by circumferential scleral buckling using a silicone sponge with literature reports for solid silicone rubber. METHODS Records of patients treated with scleral buckling in 2009-2013 using a silicone sponge, with preoperative axial length biometry measurements were reviewed. Additional information included age, type of surgery, additi...

Summary This article analyses static buckling of the so-called Gao beam nonlinear model. It considers pure problems in which vertical loads are omitted. The analysis, using minimisation energy and concept a modified Rayleigh quotient, leads to new results regarding critical load necessary for buckling, existence number post-buckling solutions. Computational provided cases with fixed axial loadi...