[Lateral retropleural and retrodiaphragmatic approach in patients with spine trauma and diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis].

Background: Retropleural and/or retrodiaphragmatic approach is one of the options for anterolateral access to the thoracic spine and thoracolumbar region. This technique has no disadvantages associated with thoracotomy or extensive tissue dissection following posterolateral approaches.

Objective: Systematic analysis of foreign and national researches devoted to the possibility, safety and effectiveness of lateral retropleural approach to the thoracic spine and meta-analysis of the most common complications associated with this approach.

External Multicenter Study of Reliability and Reproducibility for Lower Cervical Spine Injuries Classification Systems-Part 2: An Analysis of the Subaxial Cervical Spine Injury Classification and Cervical Spine Injury Severity Score Scale.

Study Design: A multicenter observational survey.

Objective: To quantify and compare inter- and intraobserver reliability of the subaxial cervical spine injury classification (SLIC) and the cervical spine injury severity score (CSISS) in a multicentric survey of neurosurgeons with different experience levels.

Methods: Data concerning 64 consecutive patients who had undergone cervical spine surgery between 2013 and 2017 was evaluated, and we surveyed 37 neurosurgeons from 7 different clinics.

[Malignant cerebellar infarction: clinical course and surgical treatment].

Aim: To clarify the indications for surgical treatment of malignant cerebellar infarction (CI).

Material And Methods: Eighty patients with CI were studied. The malignancy of CI was understood as the development of mass effect in the posterior cranial fossa, accompanied by the decrease in consciousness due to compression of the brain stem and/or the development of occlusive hydrocephalus.

Minimally Invasive Posterior Transarticular Stand-Alone Screw Instrumentation of C1-C2 Using a Transmuscular Approach: Description of Technique, Results and Comparison with Posterior Midline Exposure.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the feasibility, safety, and fusion results of posterior transarticular stand-alone screw (SAS) instrumentation of C1-C2 with a minimally invasive technique to those of a posterior midline exposure.

Methods: Between 2008 and 2016, 164 patients underwent surgical treatment for traumatic injuries to the upper cervical vertebrae at our institution. We included 38 patients (27 men and 11 women; age range, 17-81 years) in the study.

A Comparison of the Long-Term Results of Posterior Transarticular Stand-Alone Screw Instrumentation and Magerl Technique in Patients with Traumatic Atlantoaxial Instability: Mean 5-Year Follow-Up Study with Radiological and Patient-Rated Outcomes Assessments.

Objective: To perform a radiological analysis of the degeneration of C1-C2 joints after C1-C2 transarticular fixation (TAF) and compare the long-term results of a routine Magerl technique (RMT) to a posterior transarticular C1-C2 stand-alone screw instrumentation (SAS) application.

Methods: A total of 40 patients (26 men and 14 women) were included in the present retrospective observational cohort study. The mean follow-up period was 61.