Ossification of ligamentum flavum, a rare cause of myelopathy: First case report of a Lebanese patient.

Ossification of ligamentum flavum (OLF) is a well-known pathology causing myelopathy, although it is a rare disease. The most commonly affected population is from the Far East and mainly Japanese. However, few reports and studies have shown the prevalence of the disease all over the world.

Posterior dynamic stabilization: The interspinous spacer from treatment to prevention.

Introduction: Managements of lumbar stenosis evoluted over the time from decompression to dynamic stabilization preserving the motion segment passing by the rigid fixation. After long years of rigid fusion, adjacent segment disease became more and more frequent and the concept of dynamic stabilization emerged.

Materials And Methods: We report our experience with posterior dynamic stabilization using an interspinous distracter (ISD).

Early modified functional hemispherectomy in a young infant with Ohtahara syndrome and hemimegalencephaly.

We report on the youngest infant treated with modified functional hemispherectomy at the age of 5 months for Ohtahara syndrome and hemimegalencephaly as underlying pathology, and we depict the favorable outcome regarding seizure control and psychomotor development. These results highlight the potential usefulness of early surgery in such conditions.

The interspinous spacer: a new posterior dynamic stabilization concept for prevention of adjacent segment disease.

Introduction. Posterior Dynamic stabilization using the interspinous spacer device is a known to be used as an alternative to rigid fusion in neurogenic claudication patients in the absence of macro instability. Actually, it plays an important in the management of adjacent segment disease in previously fused lumbar spine.

Current surgical treatment of Parkinson`s disease.

There has been a renaissance in the surgical management of Parkinson`s disease. This has been due to long-term effects of levodopa and a better understanding of the basal ganglia and its circuitry. Ablative surgery and neurostimulation are the only realistic surgical options at present.

Current surgical treatment of Parkinson's disease.

There has been a renaissance in the surgical management of Parkinson's disease. This has been due to long-term effects of levodopa and a better understanding of the basal ganglia and its circuitry. Ablative surgery and neurostimulation are the only realistic surgical options at present.