Mo-fi-disc scoring system: Towards understanding the radiological tools to better delineate the disease process and enhancing our solutions for low back pain in artificial intelligence era.

Background: 'Mo-fi-disc' is a new scoring system that quantifies degeneration of the lumbar spine and predicts the intensity of low back pain (LBP). However, its association with LBP-related disability is unknown. In the present study, we aimed to analyze whether 'Mo-fi-disc' scoring system could predict LBP-related disability and distinguish patients with LBP from asymptomatic subjects, while the spine medicine marching towards the era of artificial intelligence (AI).

Potential blood markers as screening tools for subjects with low back pain: an age- and gender-matched cross-sectional analysis.

Background: Mechanical and inflammatory factors were suggested as the causes of spine degeneration and low back pain (LBP). Previous studies partly reported the association of LBP with inflammation. However, none of them compared patients with LBP and asymptomatic subjects in terms of complete blood count and inflammatory markers in detail.

Risk Factors for Intracranial Aneurysm Rupture: A Clinical Case Series and Systematic Review of the Literature.

Aim: To evaluate the patients who underwent surgery for an anterior communicating artery (AcomA) aneurysm at our institution. We analyzed our case series and systematically reviewed the literature to identify factors that could predict the rupture of an intracranial aneurysm in patients with AcomA aneurysms or any intracranial aneurysm.

Material And Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of prospectively collected data from patients who underwent surgery for AcomA aneurysms at a single institution between January 2014 and May 2023.

Are serum thyroid hormone, parathormone, calcium, and vitamin D levels associated with lumbar spine degeneration? A cross-sectional observational clinical study.

Purpose: Low back pain (LBP) impairs the quality of life and rises healthcare costs. The association of spine degeneration and LBP with metabolic disorders have been reported, previously. However, metabolic processes related with spine degeneration remained unclear.

Accessory Hand Muscles Over the Transverse Carpal Ligament: An Obstacle in Carpal Tunnel Surgery.

Background: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is an entrapment neuropathy caused by compression of the median nerve throughout the carpal tunnel. It is the most common entrapment neuropathy, with an estimated prevalence of 4%-7%. Surgical management is more effective in moderate to severe and severe CTS.

Extreme Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgery with a Robot-Assisted System in a Swine Model.

Aim: To evaluate the technical aspects of the Da Vinci Xi Surgical System in minimally invasive extreme lateral lumbar interbody fusion (XLIF) surgery in a swine model.

Material And Methods: Endoscopic discectomy and XLIF cage insertion were performed using a robot-assisted system. The time taken and the pros and cons of each steps were recorded.

Antioxidant and Neuroprotective Effects of L-arginine Administration After Traumatic Brain Injury and Hemorrhagic Shock in Rats.

Aim: To investigate the effect of fluid resuscitation and L-arginine administration on oxidant status markers, blood gases, lactate and apoptosis in the brain tissue of a rat model of TBI with hemorrhagic shock.

Material And Methods: A total of 60 rats were divided into six groups: control, isotonic saline-treated, 7.5% NaCl-treated (hypertonic saline), L-arginine-treated (100 mg/kg), saline + L-arginine-treated and 7.

Schmorl's nodes could be associated with intervertebral disc degeneration at upper lumbar levels and end-plate disease at lower lumbar level in patients with low back pain.

Schmorl's nodes (SNs) have increasingly been recognized on vertebral end-plates using advanced imaging techniques. Even though vertebral end-plates are the closest structures to discs, their pathologies are underestimated in the etiology of low back pain (LBP). We aimed to detect the prevalence of SNs and other end-plate defects in subjects with/without LBP and to understand whether SNs were associated with LBP and spinal degeneration.

Subcutaneous fat index: a reliable tool for lumbar spine studies.

Objectives: Obesity has been proposed as a risk factor for low back pain (LBP), and the body mass index (BMI) has been used for obesity; however, a more reliable tool is required to assess obesity-related health issues. A recent study depicted the subcutaneous fat tissue thickness (SFTT) at the L1-L2 level as superior to BMI in predicting LBP and spine degeneration. However, the study failed to answer the following questions: (1) What was the cutoff value for the SFTT to predict LBP and spine degeneration? (2) Could this new index be adjusted according to gender? (3) Could this new index predict fatty infiltration in the paraspinal muscles, severe intervertebral disk degeneration (IVDD), and Modic changes in the lumbar spine? Therefore, the current study aimed to answer these questions by developing and validating a new anthropometric index-the subcutaneous fat index (SFI).

At what speed does spinal degeneration gear up?: Aging Paradigm in patients with Low Back Pain.

Objective: Aging is a cause of spinal degeneration. However, the natural history of degeneration process is unclear. We aimed to analyze change of intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD) and Modic changes in Caucasians with LBP decade by decade.

A new radiological index for the assessment of higher body fat status and lumbar spine degeneration.

Objective: Obesity has been proposed as a risk factor for low back pain (LBP) and intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD). Even though body mass index (BMI) is used as a parameter for obesity, it could not represent percentage and distribution of the body fat. Subcutaneous fat tissue thickness (SFTT) was proposed as one of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) parameters to evaluate the percentage of the body fat.

Thoracic vertebra interbody fusion surgery with robotic assisted system in a swine model.

Minimally invasive procedures have been increasing in spine surgery, and interest in robotic systems has inclined. In this study, we aimed to evaluate feasibility of a robotic-assisted thoracic spine interbody fusion in a swine model. Neurosurgeons performed the surgical procedures with robotic surgery certificates on the Da Vinci Xi Surgical System.

Retrospective Analysis of Intracranial Hemorrhages in the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Aim: To identify the characteristics of patients admitted to the emergency department with intracranial hemorrhages in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Material And Methods: Seventy-eight patients with spontaneous intracranial bleeding who were admitted to emergency departments and treated in neurosurgery clinics between March 11, 2020, and September 11, 2020, were included in the study.

Results: The most frequent symptom was the loss of consciousness (32.

Shunt Valve Rupture in Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Failure.

Background: Shunt complications are common despite advances in surgical techniques and shunting technology. Proximal and/or distal catheter malfunctions are detected in pediatric and adult patients. However, valve dysfunction is rare in such cases.