1 March 2011

Relationship between spine osteoarthritis, bone mineral density and bone turn over markers in post menopausal women

Abstract Background Several studies have observed an inverse relationship between osteoporosis and spinal osteoarthritis, the latter being considered as possibly...

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1 December 2010

Vertebroplasty: an update

Vertebroplasty is a minimally invasive, image-guided injection of Polymethyl Methacrylate cement to relieve pain from a vertebral body fracture. It...

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1 December 2010

Role of the supine lateral radiograph of the spine in vertebroplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture: a prospective study

Abstract Background Severely collapsed vertebral compression fracture (VCF) is usually considered as a contraindication for vertebroplasty because of critically decreased...

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1 December 2010

Robot arm based flat panel CT-guided electromagnetic tracked spine interventions: phantom and animal model experiments

Abstract Purpose: To evaluate accuracy and procedure times of electro-magnetic tracking (EMT) in a robotic arm mounted flat panel setting...

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1 September 2010

Total Disc Arthroplasty Using a Compressible Disc Prosthesis: Effect of Compressive Preload Magnitude on the Kinematics of Lumbar Spine

Introduction The lumbar spine experiences compressive preloads up to 800N during activities of daily living (ADL). However, kinematics of lumbar...

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1 September 2010

Adjacent Motion Segment Degeneration in Cervical Spine

Introduction Since the 1950s Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF) has been an accepted modality of treatment for cervical radiculopathy...

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1 September 2010

Overcoming the tattoo risk for spinal anaesthesia in caesarean section

Introduction Recently a 26-year-old lady was admitted for elective caesarean section for breech presentation. Preanaesthetic back examination revealed an extensive...

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1 June 2010

Diagnostic challenge: bilateral infected lumbar facet cysts – a rare cause of acute lumbar spinal stenosis and back pain

Abstract Symptomatic synovial lumbar facet cysts are a relatively rare cause of radiculopathy and spinal stenosis. This case and brief...

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