Background Closed soft tissue injury induces progressive microvascular dysfunction and
regional inflammation. The authors tested the hypothesis that adverse trauma-induced effects …

Primary malignant spinal tumors and solitary vertebral metastases of selected tumor entities
in the thoracolumbar spine are indications for total en bloc spondylectomy (TES). This study …

To obtain accurate results in miRNA expression changes between different sample sets
using real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) analyses, normalization to …

Study Design: Review of literature and case series. Objectives: Update and review of current
treatment concepts for spine fractures in patients with ankylosing spinal disorders. Methods: …

Study Design We report the long-term outcome after mono-segmental and bisegmental
fusions at the lumbar L4-S1 region of the spine. Objective Long-term clinical and radiologic …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play a pivotal role in cancerogenesis and cancer progression, but
their specific role in the metastasis of clear cell renal cell carcinomas (ccRCC) is still limited. …

Purpose Little is known about the number of spinal movements in the sagittal plane in daily
life, mainly due to the lack of adequate techniques to assess these movements. Our aim was …

Purpose Numerous posterior non-fusion systems have been developed within the past
decade to resolve the disadvantages of rigid instrumentations and preserve spinal motion. The …

Study Design. Retrospective clinical study for patients receiving multilevel en-bloc spondylectomy
resection for sarcomas and solitary metastases of the thoracolumbar spine. Objective. …

Study Design. In vitro biomechanical investigation. Objective. To assess differences in
kyphosis after balloon kyphoplasty (BKP) or vertebral body stenting (VBS). Summary of …