SARS-CoV-2 has caused a global health crisis and mass vaccination programmes provide
the best opportunity for controlling transmission and protecting populations. Despite the …

… A recent randomised, prospective clinical trial of direct decompressive surgical resection
and stabilisation with radiotherapy (n = 50) vs radiotherapy alone (n = 51) for MESCC, revealed …

Methods. PubMed, Embase, and clinical trial databases were searched with the key words “spinal
neoplasm,”“spinal instability,”“spinal instability neoplastic score,” and synonyms. …

This study prospectively evaluated the outcome of manipulation under anaesthesia and
hydrodilatation as treatments for adhesive capsulitis. A total of 36 patients (38 shoulders) were …

… L3/4, L4/5, L5/S1 (n = 5); four levels—L2/3, L3/4, L4/5, L5/S1 (n = 5). The … n = 131), a single
level ALIF (n = 87) with or without posterior fusion, two levels ALIF (n = 54), two levels ADR (n …

… Majority of these involved instrumented fusion from thoracic to lumbar/sacral spine (n = 55),
thoracic-pelvis fusion (n = 26), and a combined total of 32 osteotomies (we performed 25 …

… (Group 1, n = 45), between 24 and 48 h (Group 2, n = 23) and after 48 h (Group 3, n = 53) from
… This study, however, was limited by the small patient numbers (n = 35) and short follow-up …

BACKGROUND: Surgery for symptomatic spinal metastases aims to improve quality of life,
pain, function, and stability. Complications in the postoperative period are not uncommon; …

… The majority of the tumors (n = 128, 79 %) were Enneking Ib tumors (conventional and
chondroid chordoma), and only 30 (19 %) tumors were Enneking IIb tumors (dedifferentiated …

We review the past, present and future state of mental health care in the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia (KSA). The past is reviewed prior to the modern era, discussing early explanations and …