Rates and Causes of Reoperations Following Spinal Cord Stimulation Within a 2-12 year Period.

Study Design: Retrospective study.

Objective: Spinal cord stimulation has been mainly used for the management of postsurgical persistent neuropathic. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the rate and causes for reoperation following spinal cord stimulation, and to identify risk factors for reoperation.

Burst fractures of the second through fifth lumbar vertebrae. Clinical and radiographic results.

Fifty-five patients who had sustained a burst fracture of the lumbar spine were followed for a mean of seventy-nine months (range, twenty-four to 192 months) after the injury. Thirty patients had been managed non-operatively with a short period of bed rest followed by protected mobilization. The remaining twenty-five patients had been managed operatively: eight, with posterior arthrodesis with long-segment hook-and-rod fixation; eight, with posterior arthrodesis with short-segment transpedicular fixation; six, with posterior arthrodesis and instrumentation followed by anterior decompression and arthrodesis; and three, with anterior decompression and arthrodesis.

Determinants of outcome in the treatment of rotator cuff disease.

One hundred thirty-six patients with impingement syndrome and rotator cuff disease who were treated nonoperatively from 1987 to 1991 were reviewed to identify findings at initial presentation that correlated with final outcome. Mean followup was 20 months (range, 6-41 months). All patients received initial conservative treatment.

Early outcome in cervical spinal cord injured patients older than 50 years of age.

Study Design: This study retrospectively reviewed consecutive spinal cord injured patients older than 50 years of age.

Objective: This study established reasonable expectations for the early clinical outcome of cervical spinal cord injured patients greater than 50 years of age.

Summary Of Background Data: Previous studies of cervical spinal cord injuries have concentrated on long-term morbidity and mortality.