Radiculopathy with motor deficit: a cross-sectional study of the impact of the surgeon's experience on the indication and timing of surgical treatment.

Purpose: The optimal management of patients with compressive radiculopathy with motor deficit (CRMD) is controversial. Our goal was to provide evidence on the impact of the spine surgeons' experience on surgical planning and timing.

Methods: Spine surgeons were invited to participate in a 5-item online survey.

Elective Lumbar Spine Surgery in Depressed Patients: Is it Worth it?

Background: The objective of this study is to compare surgical results (pain, function, and satisfaction) between a group of depressed patients and a nondepressed group who had been operated on for a degenerative lumbar condition.

Methods: Prospective observational study. Preoperative pain (lumbar and radicular visual analog scale [VAS]), function (Oswestry Disability Index [ODI]), and depression (Zung depression scale) data were collected in patients listed to be operated on for a lumbar degenerative condition.

The Relationship between the Occipitocervical Junction and Thoracic Kyphosis in Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study of 86 Cervical Fractures in Surgically Treated Patients.

Study Design: Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data.

Purpose: To describe the radiological characteristics of the occipitocervical area in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) using the novel measure X-angle and to describe the correlation between the ankylosed occipitoatlantoaxial (OAA) joint and thoracic kyphosis (TK).

Overview Of Literature: AS affects the axial skeleton, leading to progressive ankylosis of all vertebral segments.

The importance of the occipitocervical area in patients with ankylosing spondylitis analysis of a cohort of 86 cervical fractures in surgically treated patients.

Study Design: This was a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data.

Objective: The effect of C0-C1-C2 cervical ankylosis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is not documented. The objective of this study is to describe the radiological characteristics of the occipitocervical junction in patients with AS operated for a cervical fracture and to correlate them with their clinical evolution.

Management of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis: an evidence-based review.

Lumbar spinal stenosis has become one of the most disabling pathologies in the elderly population.Some additional conditions such as foraminal stenosis or degenerative spondylosis with a history of back pain and leg pain must be considered before treatment.A completely appropriate protocol and unified management of spinal stenosis have not yet been well defined.