Publications by authors named "C L Zucker"
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- This case report discusses a pediatric patient with focal fibrocartilaginous dysplasia (FFCD) who experienced angular deformity and growth arrest, even with standard guided growth management.
- The patient initially underwent implant-mediated guided growth for correcting a proximal tibia varus deformity, but the issue recurred, leading to the identification of a physeal bar that resulted in complete physeal arrest.
- The report concludes that while treatment for FFCD-related angular deformity may involve observation and guided growth, there is a significant risk of complete physeal arrest that needs to be considered.
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- The study explores the relationship between traditional radiographic measurements of shoulder asymmetry and new surface topographic measurements, suggesting these relationships will be weak.
- Data was collected from a registry of patients with idiopathic scoliosis, focusing on ST scanning along with standard radiographic evaluation methods.
- Results showed that while the ST-based AC angle showed moderate-to-strong correlations with some radiographic measures, other ST measurements exhibited weak or no correlation, indicating a complex relationship between the two measurement types.
High-throughput ultrastructural analysis of macular telangiectasia type 2.
Front Ophthalmol (Lausanne)
July 2024
Introduction: Macular Telangiectasia type 2 (MacTel), is an uncommon form of late-onset, slowly-progressive macular degeneration. Associated with regional Müller glial cell loss in the retina and the amino acid serine synthesized by Müller cells, the disease is functionally confined to a central retinal region - the MacTel zone.
Methods: We have used high-throughput multi-resolution electron microscopy techniques, optimized for disease analysis, to study the retinas from two women, mother and daughter, aged 79 and 48 years respectively, suffering from MacTel.
Introduction: Early-onset scoliosis (EOS) refers to spinal curvature exceeding ten degrees in the coronal plane in patients under 10 years old. When non-operative management fails to control the curvature, surgical intervention may be indicated. In younger patients, growth-friendly instrumentation may be necessary to allow for continued spinal growth while controlling the curve, which includes magnetically control growing rods (MCGR).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHistorically, pedicle screw accuracy measurements have relied on CT and expert visual assessment of the position of pedicle screws relative to preoperative plans. Proper pedicle screw placement is necessary to avoid complications, cost and morbidity of revision procedures. The aim of this study was to determine accuracy and precision of pedicle screw insertion via a novel computer vision algorithm using preoperative and postoperative computed tomography (CT) scans.
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