Background context Traumatic fractures of the spine are most common at the thoracolumbar
junction and can be a source of great disability. Purpose To review the most current …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Degenerative de novo scoliosis is commonly present in older
adult patients with spinal pain. The degenerative process including disc bulging, facet arthritis, …

Introduction With the advances and improvement of computer-assisted surgery devices,
computer-guided pedicle screws insertion has been applied to the lumbar, thoracic and cervical …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the cross-sectional area (CSA) of both
paraspinal and psoas muscles in patients with unilateral back pain using MRI and to correlate it …

Study Design. Retrospective functional and radiographic analysis of symptomatic patients
with de novo degenerative lumbar and thoracolumbar scoliosis. Objective. To evaluate the …

Study Design This study retrospectively reviewed spine surgical procedures complicated by
wound infection and managed by a protocol including the use of vacuum-assisted wound …

Study Design. A radiographic review of 78 consecutive patients with degenerative rotatory
lumbar scoliosis. Objective. To assess the correlation between rotary olisthesis and neural …

Objective Equine-assisted therapies, such as therapeutic riding and hippotherapy, are
believed to have positive physical and emotional effects in individuals with neuromotor, …

Background Surgical site infection (SSI) following spinal surgery is a frequent clinical problem
with significant clinical and socio-economic consequences. Malnutrition has been linked …

The purpose of our study is to estimate the effect of tourniquet release and cementing in
perioperative blood loss associated with total knee arthroplasty. Eighty patients were randomly …