Incidence of and factors associated with hyponatremia in traumatic cervical spinal cord injury patients.

Study Design: Retrospective study.

Objective: To investigate the incidence of and factors associated with hyponatremia among traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) patients.

Setting: Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.

Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric testing of the Thai version of the Spinal Cord Independence Measure III-Self Report.

Study Design: Cross-sectional reliability and validation study.

Objective: To translate and assess the psychometric properties of the Thai version of the Spinal Cord Independence Measure III-Self Report (TH-SCIM-SR) in Thai spinal cord injury (SCI) patients.

Setting: Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University.

The Role of Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate Deposition in the Postoperative Outcome of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Patients.

Study Design: Retrospective study.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the association of surgical intervention with clinical and quality of life (QoL) outcomes in patients who underwent posterior spinal surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) with spinal calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition (SCPPD) versus that in those who underwent the surgery for LSS without SCPPD.

Overview Of Literature: Calcium pyrophosphate (CPP)-associated arthritis is one of the most common types of arthritis.

Risk factors relating to the need for mechanical ventilation in isolated cervical spinal cord injury patients.

Background: Cervical spinal cord injuries (SCI) are a major public health problem. Respiratory complications are among the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with cervical SCI, especially respiratory failure. Based on our evaluation of the existing English language literature, few previous studies appear to have reported on risk factors associated with the need for mechanical ventilation in isolated cervical SCI patients who had no concomitant injuries or diseases at the time ofadmission.

Reliability and validity study of a Thai version of the Neck Disability Index in patients with neck pain.

Objective: To evaluate the reliability and validity of the Thai version of the neck disability index (NDI) in neck pain patients.

Material And Method: The NDI was translated into Thai. The translation strategy used international standards.

Fatally idiopathic spontaneous hemoperitoneum in a patient with cervical spine injury: a case report and review of the literature.

Objectives: Idiopathic spontaneous hemoperitoneum has never been reported in patients with associated orthopedic injury. The present report aimed to demonstrate a case of this life-threatening condition concomitant with cervical spine injury.

Case Report: A 50-year-old male was an illegal immigrant and transferred to the emergency department with the conditions of the bilateral facet subluxation of C5-6 spine, including incomplete cord lesion (American-Spinal-lnjury-Association: grade-C) and without associated injury, caused by falling from a 3-meters-scaffold He underwent anterior cervical discectomy, fusion with iliac bone graft, and plating of C5-6 level at 20-hours after injury His overall conditions recovered gradually with the same neurological deficit as pre-operative status.

The thickness of skull at the halo pin insertion site.

Study Design: The thickness of 415 skulls of Thai population was measured at the areas where halo pins are placed.

Objective: Analysis of skull thickness at the area of halo pin insertion site.

Summary Of Background Data: Halo orthosis is a device used for providing stable fixation of instability of cervical spine injury.