Recommendations for inversion table therapy.

In the USA, low back pain related illness accounts for approximately 149 million workdays lost each year. Initial management of back pain typically involves allied healthcare professionals who implement various treatments, such as chiropractic manipulation, physiotherapy, and acupuncture which have varying outcomes and levels of supporting evidence. Another passive treatment for back pain is inversion table therapy (ITT).

Virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: a turning point in neurosurgical education.

Objective: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused dramatic changes in medical education. Social distancing policies have resulted in the rapid adoption of virtual learning (VL) by neurosurgeons as a method to exchange knowledge, but it has been met with variable acceptance. The authors surveyed neurosurgeons from around the world regarding their opinions about VL and how they see the future of neurosurgical conferences.

Minimally Invasive Unilateral Percutaneous Transfracture Fixation of a Hangman's Fracture Using Neuronavigation and Intraoperative Fluoroscopy.

Background: Traumatic spondylolisthesis or hangman's fracture is a common cervical spine fracture. Most cases of traumatic spondylolisthesis are treated nonoperatively with external immobilization. The indications for surgery have generally included fracture instability or failed nonoperative management.

Wrong-sided and wrong-level neurosurgery: a national survey.

Object: Perhaps the single greatest error that a surgeon hopes to avoid is operating at the wrong site. In this report, the authors describe the incidence and possible determinants of incorrect-site surgery (ICSS) among neurosurgeons.

Methods: The authors asked neurosurgeons to complete an anonymous survey.

Cardiovascular risk factors for physician-diagnosed lumbar disc herniation.

Background Context: Despite the high prevalence of lumbar disc disease among the general population, the determinants of this condition remain poorly understood. A recent hypothesis suggests that atherosclerotic vascular disease may play an important role in the etiology of this disorder.

Purpose: To explore the relationship between cardiovascular risk factors and the incidence of lumbar disc herniation.

A follow-up study of infants with intracranial hemorrhage at full-term.

Objective: To determine physical and cognitive outcomes of full-term infants who suffered intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) at birth.

Methods: A retrospective hospital-based, follow-up study of infants treated in London, Ontario between 1985 and 1996. Follow-up was conducted by telephone interviews and clinic visits.

Anterior lumbar interbody fusion for treatment of failed back surgery syndrome: an outcome analysis.

Objective: Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) has gained popularity for the treatment of degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. In this report, we present our experience with the ALIF procedure for treatment of failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) in a noncontrolled prospective cohort.

Methods: In a 2-year period, we treated patients diagnosed with FBSS with ALIF.

Sex steroid hormone exposures and risk for meningioma.

Object: The goal of this study was to investigate the risk of meningioma in relation to exogenous and endogenous sex hormones.

Methods: The study participants were female registered nurses from 11 US states who were between 30 and 55 years of age when they enrolled in the Nurses' Health Study cohort. These women completed biennial questionnaires between 1976 and 1996.

Risk factors for intracranial hemorrhage among full-term infants: a case-control study.

Objective: To investigate the cause of intracranial hemorrhage among full-term infants.

Methods: A retrospective, hospital-based, matched case-control study was conducted at London Health Sciences Center, in southwestern Ontario, for the period from January 1, 1985, to December 31, 1996. Cases were diagnosed with magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, or ultrasonography within 7 days after birth.