Posterior vertebral column resection: Exploring practical uses in clinical settings.

Background: The purpose of this study was to present our experience in patients who had been treated with posterior vertebral column resection (PVCR) for various spinal deformities.

Methods: Thirty-seven patients who performed PVCR between 2015 and 2018 were evaluated retrospectively. The mean follow-up period was 24 months (range: 12-50 months).

Kyphectomy and sliding growing rod technique in patients with congenital lumbar kyphosis deformity with myelomeningocele.

Objective: Neural tube defects are the most common congenital disorders after cardiac anomalies. Lumbar kyphosis deformity is observed in 8-15% of these patients. This deformity severely limits the daily lives of these patients.

Corrective Maneuvers Used in Different Scoliosis Deformities With the Experience of 72 Operated Patients.

Purpose: This study aimed to show the correction maneuvers used in scoliosis surgery and give hints and tips on achieving optimal correction with the help of visual content.

Materials And Methods: Seventy-two scoliosis patients with 96 major curves operated between 2011 and 2018 evaluated retrospectively. Seven different correction maneuvers (Ucar convex rod rotation technique, cantilever technique, convex double-rod rotation technique, convex double-rod translation technique, double-rod rotation with coronal bending, convex rod rotation with coronal bending, direct vertebral rotation) were used in these surgeries alone or together.

Comparison of the radiological and functional results of a plaster splint and dynamic stabilization splint for Boxer's fractures: A prospective randomized controlled study.

Purpose: This study compared the clinical and radiological results of fifth metacarpal neck fractures treated with a short-arm plaster splint (SAPS) versus a dynamic metacarpal stabilization splint (DMSS).

Materials And Methods: The 119 patients were referred to our institute between 2018 and 2019 and treated with SAPS or DMSS after appropriate initial closed reduction. Follow-up examinations were conducted at days 10 and 20, and at 1, 2, and 3 months after treatment.

Lumbopelvic Fixation with Bridged Distal Iliac Screws for Vertically Unstable Sacral Fractures.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate preliminary outcomes of vertically unstable sacral fractures treated by lumbopelvic fixation (LPF) augmented transiliac bridged screws.

Methods: From April 2017 to December 2019, fifteen consecutive patients with vertically unstable sacral fractures who had undergone LPF augmented transiliac bridged screws were enrolled. The radiological assessment included standard lumbopelvic x-rays and pelvic computed tomography (CT) to evaluate the lumbosacral angle (LSA), sacral kyphosis angle (SKA), lumbar lordosis angles (LLA) and Matta's reduction criterias (MRC).

Extruded disc herniations are experienced earlier by inactive young people in the high-tech gaming era.

In this study, we would like to draw attention to the advanced disc diseases seen in young people. The objective is to investigate the reasons for the increasing trend of disc herniations in young people. A total of 33 young patients with extruded lumbar disc herniations managed by conservative or surgical approaches between 2017 and 2018 were included.

Retrospective observational study of intramuscular oxygen-ozone therapy for the treatment of neck pain: cervical paravertebral injection.

Neck pain is one of the major pathologies responsible for loss of labor. Many conservative treatment methods for neck pain have been described. The purpose of this study was to obtain pain scores for patients undergoing paravertebral ozone-oxygen (O/O) injections for neck pain caused by cervical disc disease.

Clinical and radiological results of kyphectomy and sliding growing rod surgery technique performed in children with myelomeningocele.

Background: The aim of this study was to present clinical and radiological results of myelomeningocele (MMC) patients treated with the sliding growing rod (SGR) technique after kyphectomy.

Methods: Between 2016 and 2019, 30 patients (21 males and nine females) who underwent the SGR technique with kyphectomy and posterior instrumentation due to MMC were retrospectively reviewed. Patients' pre- and postoperative kyphosis, scoliosis, correction rates, bleeding during surgery, blood supply during and after surgery, operation time, instrumentation levels, number of vertebrae removed, MMC onset levels, hospital stay, annual lengthening amounts, and complications were evaluated.

A new approach for spinal deformity patients with meningomyelocele: reverse Y incision.

We report a new surgical incision for spinal deformity in patients who had undergone meningomyelocele closure surgery. Six patients underwent kifectomy using an inverse Y incision. They all had multiple prior operations in the lumbar region due to dural meningomyeloceles.

Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion For Lumbar Degenerative Disease: Patient Selection And Perspectives.

Most adults will experience low back pain during their lifetime, with most of these instances resolving or improving without sequelae in a few weeks. For the small number of patients with severe, recalcitrant pain, lumbar fusion may be required, particularly when concomitant leg pain or deformity is present. Lumbar interbody fusion surgery is the usual treatment for degenerative lumbar disease, but it requires a long recovery period.

The Effect of Paravertebral Ozone Injection in the Treatment of Low Back Pain.

Aim: Paravertebral ozone injection is a new treatment method described in the literature for low back pain. The aim of this study was to compare the pre- and post-treatment pain scores of patients undergoing paravertebral ozone/oxygen (O /O ) injections for low back pain.

Methods: From September 2018 to December 2018, 122 patients who underwent paravertebral ozone injections due to low back pain were examined retrospectively; 62 patients who met the study criteria were included.

What every spine surgeon should know about transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion surgery for herniated discs.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to report our experiences on managing large lumbar disc herniations with several symptoms by surgery with transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) and to shed light for spine surgeons about TLIF surgery.

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated our database of patients with various lumbar spine pathologies who underwent TLIF surgery from 2014 to 2017. We separated 18 patients who had been operated on for extruded disc herniation, which causes severe pain and radicular symptoms.

Is It Difficult to Dominate the Coronal and Sagittal Planes in Convex Rod Rotation Technique? The Effect of the Ucar Convex Rod Rotation Technique.

Study Design: Prospective multicenter study.

Objective: To analyze the effect of the Ucar convex rod rotation technique on coronal and sagittal correction in the treatment of Lenke type I adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Summary Of Background Data: Various common curve correction techniques were used in scoliosis.

Surgical treatment of patients with myelomeningocele-related spine deformities: study of 26 cases.

Introduction: Scoliosis, kyphosis, and sacral agenesis (SA) are common spine deformities in myelomeningocele (MMC) patients. Surgery of spine deformities in MMC patients is associated with various difficulties as infection, pathological skin breakage, instrumentation failure, and neurological deterioration. The purposes of this study are to share our clinical experience and discuss different surgical techniques which are defined in the literature.

Hemimetameric shift in spina bifida: three case reports.

Purpose: Hemivertebrae is the most frequent reason of congenital scoliosis, and hemimetameric shift is a finding, which is characterized by two hemivertebraes located contralateral, with at least one normal vertebra between them. Embryologically, hemivertebrae is caused by delay in somite movements and as a result, a total vertebral shift occurs because of mismatches in the following segments. Hemimetameric shift accompanying spina bifida is described as extremely rare.

A new corrective technique for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (Ucar's convex rod rotation).

Study Design: Prospective single-center study.

Objective: To analyze the efficacy and safety of a new technique of global vertebral correction with convex rod rotation performed on the patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Summary Of Background Data: Surgical goal is to obtain an optimal curve correction in scoliosis surgery.

The effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on fracture healing in nicotinized rats.

Background: The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on fracture healing in nicotinized rats.

Methods: Thirty-two rats were divided as follows: nicotinized group (1), hyperbaric oxygen group (2), nicotinized + hyperbaric oxygen group (3), and control group (4). For 28 days, nicotine was administered in Groups 1 and 3.

Salter pelvic osteotomy in the treatment of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease: the medium-term results.

In this study, clinical and radiological results were evaluated in patients with Legg-Calve-Perthes disease treated with Salter pelvic osteotomy. Between 2004 and 2008, 16 patients underwent a Salter osteotomy as treatment for Legg-Calve-Perthes disease (15 male, 1 female; 10 right hip, 6 left hip). The mean age at the time of surgery was 8.

Titanium elastic intramedullary nailing: closed or mini-open reduction?

The authors retrospectively studied 43 children with femoral fractures, treated with titanium elastic nailing (TEN). Twenty-two underwent closed fluoroscopic reduction ( Group I), whereas the other 21 underwent mini-open reduction (Group II). The operation time averaged 71 minutes in group I, and 48 minutes in group II (p < 0.

Anterior Glenohumeral Instability: Classification of Pathologies of Anteroinferior Labroligamentous Structures Using MR Arthrography.

We examined labroligamentous structures in unstable anteroinferior glenohumeral joints using MR arthrography (MRA) to demonstrate that not all instabilities are Bankart lesions. We aimed to show that other surgical protocols besides classic Bankart repair are appropriate for labroligamentous lesions. The study included 35 patients (33 males and 2 females; mean age: 30.

Open reduction and Kirschner wire fixation with triceps lengthening for neglected elbow dislocations.

PURPOSE. To evaluate outcome of open reduction and Kirschner wire fixation with triceps lengthening for neglected elbow dislocations. METHODS.

Nonunion of the medial cuneiform: a rare case.

Isolated medial cuneiform fractures are quite rare. Conservative treatment is adequate in most cases, while deplaced or unstable fractures are treated surgically. Nonunion is seen extremely rarely after medial cuneiform fractures.

Retrospective cohort study of the prevalence of lumbosacral transitional vertebra in a wide and well-represented population.

Purpose. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of lumbosacral transitional vertebra (LSTV) in a well-represented general population. Methods.

Effectiveness of locking versus dynamic compression plates for diaphyseal forearm fractures.

This study compares the results of the locking compression plate (LCP) and the dynamic compression plate (DCP) in the treatment of diaphyseal forearm fractures in adults and defines the indications for the use of the LCP. Forty-two patients with diaphyseal forearm fractures were retrospectively analyzed. Of those, 22 had been treated with the LCP (LCP group) and 20 had been treated with the DCP (DCP group).

Lengthening by distraction osteogenesis in congenital shortening of metacarpals.

Objective: The aim of this study was to present the results of seven cases of metacarpal lengthening by distraction osteogenesis and to discuss the ideal daily rate of distraction.

Methods: Metacarpal lengthening was performed by distraction osteogenesis in the seven metacarpals of four patients (3 females, 1 male; mean age: 14.9 years).