The Efficacy of Fentanyl Transdermal Patch as the First-Line Medicine for the Conservative Treatment of Osteoporotic Compression Fracture.

Objective: There are no strong guidelines on how long or how we should undertake conservative treatment during the acute period of an osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (VCF).

Methods: We treated 202 patients with conservative treatment on VCF from March 2012 to August 2015. On inclusion criteria, 75 patients (22 males and 53 females) were included in the final analysis.

Feasibility of Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy in Cervical Foraminal Stenosis: Prediction of Surgical Outcomes by the Foraminal Shape on Preoperative Computed Tomography.

Study Design: A retrospective cohort study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the feasibility of posterior cervical laminoforaminotomy (PCF) for V- or parallel-shaped foraminal stenosis (FS).

Summary Of Background Data: During PCF, the need for extensive facet resection would depend on the extent of any pathology.

An Incidental Finding of a Radiopaque Pill following Cervical Spinal Surgery in a Parkinson's Disease Patient.

There are previous reports of the identification of radiopaque medications on abdominal X-rays or computed tomography (CT). We describe an interesting case of the incidental identification of a radiopaque medication on cervical spinal CT following cervical spinal surgery. A sixty seven-year-old male patient with Parkinson's disease (PD) visited our emergency center with a C5-6 dislocation and fracture.

Surgical strategies for removal of intra- and extraforaminal dumbbell-shaped schwannomas in the subaxial cervical spine.

Purpose: Spinal dumbbell-shaped schwannoma is common neoplasm, usually occurring in the cervical spine. Posterior or anterolateral approaches are frequently used to remove this benign tumor. We analyzed how much amount of tumor could be possible to be totally removed with posterior approach.