Endplate and Facet Joint Changes in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy.

Background: Modic changes (MC) of the vertebral endplates and facet joint degeneration are common causes of neck pain. No previous study has shown the prevalence of and relationship between MC and facet joint changes in cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). The objective of this article was to study the endplate and facet joint changes in CSM.

Extraforaminal microscopic assisted percutaneous nucleotomy for foraminal and extraforaminal lumbar disc herniations.

Background: Foraminal and extraforaminal lumbar disc herniations are uncommon. The main presentation is radicular pain related to the exiting nerve root at the affected level. Different approaches for surgical intervention have been described.

Adjacent segment infection after surgical treatment of spondylodiscitis.

Background: This is the first case series to describe adjacent segment infection (ASI) after surgical treatment of spondylodiscitis (SD).

Materials And Methods: Patients with SD, spondylitis who were surgically treated between 1994 and 2012 were included. Out of 1187 cases, 23 (1.

Comparison between Oxford Cobbmeter and digital Cobbmeter for measurement of Cobb angle in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare Cobb angle measurements performed using an Oxford Cobbmeter and digital Cobbmeter in a series of 20 adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients.

Methods: Four observers measured major Cobb angles on 20 standing postero-anterior radiographs of AIS patients with both Oxford Cobbmeter and digital Cobbmeter (iPhone Cobbmeter Application). The measurements were repeated a week after the original measurements.

Infection after vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty. A series of nine cases and review of literature.

Background Context: Percutaneous augmentation with bone cement is a widely accepted modality of treatment for thoracic and lumbar vertebral osteoporotic fractures. Infection after vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty is a serious, yet, rarely reported complication.

Purpose: To present a case series with a long-term follow-up of spinal infection after vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty with analysis of preoperative condition, risk factors, diagnostic findings, time before reoperation, causative organism, treatment, and outcome.

Surgical treatment of sacroiliac joint infection.

Background: Sacroiliac joint infection is rare and frequently missed; purpose of this study is to describe the clinical presentations, comorbidities, laboratory and imaging findings, surgical options and outcomes of this rare condition.

Materials And Methods: We reviewed all cases of surgical treatment of sacroiliac joint infection operated at our institution between January 1994 and December 2011. Twenty-two patients were included: 14 females and 8 males, with mean age of 50 years.