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IDD Therapy: Evolving conservative spinal treatment modalities
John Wood, MCSP looks at the physiological effects of IDD Therapy spinal decompression on connective tissues As part of conservative care, IDD Therapy® spinal decompression is emerging as an invaluable
Single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
Does anterior plating increase fusion rates? Abstract Introduction Anterior plating provides a rigid construct and improves fusion rates in cases of multi-level cervical degenerative disease. However, there still remains a
Preview of EuroSpine – October 1–3, Lyon, France
Philip J. Sell, MSc, FRCS As President, it has been my delight and pleasure to see the growth of activities and visibility of EuroSpine. We are on the move, and
Screening of the spine in adolescents
Inter- and intra-rater reliability and measurement error of commonly used clinical tests Abstract Background Evidence on the reliability of clinical tests used for the spinal screening of children and adolescents
BMA launches engagement drive to get more women into leadership positions
Female doctors are likely to be in a majority within the next three years, and the BMA wants this reflected in its make-up Women are taking over medicine, if we
Increased pelvic incidence may lead to arthritis and sagittal orientation of the facet joints at the lower lumbar spine
Abstract Background Correct sagittal alignment with a balanced pelvis and spine is crucial in the management of spinal disorders. The pelvic incidence (PI) describes the sagittal pelvic alignment and is
Trials and Errors
Imagine an ordinary coin that lands on heads every time it is flipped. You know this, because you have seen evidence of it landing that way over and over again,
A thoracic spine fracture with Parkinson’s disease and diffuse ankylosis
Y Aoki et al. investigate the challenging management of spinal fractures in patients with Parkinson’s and diffuse ankylosis Abstract Background Patients with Parkinson’s disease have a higher risk of complications
EFORT 2013: Joint efforts in Turkey
Professors Pierre Hoffmeyer and Enric Cáceres Palou preview the EFORT congress in Istanbul this June The 14th Congress of the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT)
Magnetically controlled growing rods (MCGR) for early onset scoliosis
P Goru and S Ahuja investigate the use of growing rods in children with the spinal deformity E arly-onset scoliosis presents at birth and up to seven years of age. Growing
