Publications by authors named "Alberto Bellelli"
Purpose: To test the feasibility of US/CT fusion imaging to guide lumbar intradiscal O/O therapy to treat discogenic degenerative low back pain due to lumbar disc herniation (LDH).
Methods: We retrospectively included consecutive patients affected by low back pain and/or sciatica due to LDH resistant to conservative therapies, who underwent to lumbar intradiscal O/O injection under CT/US fusion imaging guidance (Fusion Group) and standard CT guidance (Control Group). For each procedure, we collected procedure operative time, room utilization time, number of CT passes, complications, and O/O intradiscal diffusion adequacy.
Background: Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common spine diseases and represents the most frequent cause of absence from work in developed countries. Approximately 40% of chronic LBP is related to discogenic origin. The goal of the study is producing a review of literature to describe analytically the techniques of intradiscal injections.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a pivotal radiological examination in clinical practice, being widely applied for musculoskeletal examinations. In this setting, strict adherence to standardized protocol is crucial to increase diagnostic performance and minimize variability among different diagnostic centres and readers. The aim of this paper is to provide standardized technical recommendations for musculoskeletal MRI scans proposed by the Italian College of Musculoskeletal Radiology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims And Objectives: The aim of the current study is to present our experience in lumbar spine interventional procedures performed with a newly developed multimodal echo-navigator (EcoNav) and to evaluate short-term clinical outcomes of a series of patients affected by facet joint disease (FJD) treated with steroid and anaesthetic injection under fusion-imaging guidance, compared to a cohort of patients that received the same treatment under computed tomography (CT) guidance.
Methods: Sixty-five consecutive patients (34 females; mean age 68.3 ± 12.
Purpose: To review a series of tears of the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) in order to understand its healing process, as well as to identify prognostic factors.
Type Of Study: Prospective study.
Methods: Eighteen patients with isolated or combined PCL tears were evaluated and followed-up for 1 year after their initial injury.
Bone mineral density of the proximal metaphysis of tibia: clinical relevance in posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc
May 2005
The objective of this study was to evaluate the bone mineral density (BMD) of the proximal tibia in the area adjacent to the fixation of the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) and compare with the BMD in a similar area at the ideal site for anterior cruciate ligament fixation. Twenty healthy male subjects, undertaking similar daily physical activity were enrolled for this study. The mean age of the subjects was 22 years (range 20-24 years).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Our purpose was to prospectively analyze serial changes in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signal of the bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft when used for posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) reconstruction and to retrospectively determine at mid-term follow-up the relationship between MRI graft appearance and clinical stability in patients who have undergone arthroscopic PCL reconstruction with a bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft.
Type Of Study: One prospective serial blinded study and 1 retrospective blinded study.
Methods: The first part of the study focused on MRI scans obtained at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months postoperatively in a case series of 10 consecutive patients who underwent arthroscopically assisted PCL reconstruction (group A), and of 10 patients who underwent combined ACL-PCL arthroscopic reconstruction (group B).