Surgical Site Infections after Spinal Surgery in a Tropical Area: A Prospective Monocentric Observational Study.

To date, no study has described the microbiological profile of surgical site infections (SSIs) after spine surgery in a tropical environment. The main objective of this study is to describe the microbiology and the risk factors of SSI after spinal surgery in a tropical climate. Our hypothesis is that the microbiology of SSIs in tropical areas is different to what is mainly described in temperate countries.

Three-Dimensional Navigation (O-arm) for Minimally Invasive Shelf Acetabuloplasty.

Hip dysplasia is an important cause of osteoarthritis in young adults. For these patients, conservative treatment is an interesting alternative to arthroplasty. The current literature suggests better clinical and functional outcomes when shelf acetabuloplasty is performed for a moderate joint pinch (<50%) associated with an important external coverage defect of the acetabular cup (<25°).

Incidental durotomy during spine surgery: incidence, management and complications. A retrospective review.

Study Design: Retrospective review of a series of patients who underwent spinal surgery at a single spine unit during a 1 year period.

Objectives: To assess the incidence, treatment, clinical consequence, complications of incidental durotomy during spine surgery and results of 37 months clinical follow-up.

Summary Of Background Data: Incidental durotomy is an underestimated and relatively adverse event during spinal surgery.

Reliability of 3D reconstruction of the spine of mild scoliotic patients.

Study Design: A reliability study was conducted in quantitative 3-dimensional (3D) measurements for mild scoliosis.

Objective: To evaluate the intrarater and interrater reliability of a computer tool used for 3D reconstruction of the spine.

Summary Of Background Data: No reliability study of spinal in vivo 3D medical imaging measurements has been performed in the literature.

Center of gravity and radiographic posture analysis: a preliminary review of adult volunteers and adult patients affected by scoliosis.

Study Design: This is a prospective radiographic and force plate analysis involving adult volunteer and patients with scoliosis.

Objective: To assess accurately the center of pressure in standing volunteers and patients with scoliosis, and correlate these finding with radiographic data.

Summary Of Background Data: A simple and commonly applied parameter of global balance is the plumbline offset.

Adult scoliosis: prevalence, SF-36, and nutritional parameters in an elderly volunteer population.

Study Design: A prospective self-assessment analysis and evaluation of nutritional and radiographic parameters in a consecutive series of healthy adult volunteers older than 60 years.

Objectives: To ascertain the prevalence of adult scoliosis, assess radiographic parameters, and determine if there is a correlation with functional self-assessment in an aged volunteer population.

Summary Of Background Data: There exists little data studying the prevalence of scoliosis in a volunteer aged population, and correlation between deformity and self-assessment parameters.