Bone Turnover in Vertebral Fractures: Does it Effect the Decision of Surgery?

Background And Aim: Instrumentation is commonly used in spinal surgery to stabilize the fracture. In the present study, we aimed to compare the early and late changes seen in bone production and degradation products in patients with traumatic spinal fracture who had been treated surgically or conservatively.

Materials And Methods: Forty-three patients were admitted to the Neurosurgery Department with thoracolumbar or lumbar fracture in this prospective study.

Spontaneously resorbed idiopathic syringomyelia: a case report.

A 28-year-old female patient presented with severe neck and back pain in 2003. No abnormality was observed at neurological examination. Syringomyelia in the cervical region was determined at MRI.

CT and angiography in a patient with three intracranial giant aneurysms.

A patient with multiple giant aneurysms all located in the circle of Willis was treated conservatively. Literature pertaining to neuroradiologic features, especially dealing with the CT appearance of this entity, is scrutinized.