Pattern and Rate of Functional Recovery After Surgery for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: Egyptian Prospective Study.

Objective: To study pattern and rate of neurological functional recovery after surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM).

Methods: This prospective study comprised 25 patients with CSM who underwent surgical decompression at our institution. Upper limb, lower limb, and sphincter functions were assessed using the modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association score (mJOA).

Utilization of Offset Iliac Connectors as Anchoring Sites in Severe Rigid Scoliosis: New Technique.

Study Design: This was a prospective cohort study.

Objectives: To introduce the iliac connectors as fixation options in spinal constructs used for correction of severe scoliosis at locations other than the lumbopelvic region.

Methods: Nine patients with severe rigid scoliosis undergoing surgical release and posterior instrumentation in the period between January 2013 and January 2015 were included in this prospective cohort study.

Early Recurrence of a Solid Variant of Aneurysmal Bone Cyst in a Young Child After Resection: Technique and Literature Review and Two-year Follow-up After Corpectomy.

Aneurysmal bone cysts (ABCs) are considered to be rare benign tumors that may affect long bones or the vertebral column. Their incidence varies and is reported to be 1.4% of all benign skeletal tumors.

Presentation and management of symptomatic central bone cement embolization.

Background Context: With more cement augmentation procedures done, the occurrence of serious complications is also expected to rise. Symptomatic central cement embolization is a rare but very serious complication. Moreover, the pathophysiology and treatment of intrathoracic cement embolism remain controversial.

Adjacent segment infection after surgical treatment of spondylodiscitis.

Background: This is the first case series to describe adjacent segment infection (ASI) after surgical treatment of spondylodiscitis (SD).

Materials And Methods: Patients with SD, spondylitis who were surgically treated between 1994 and 2012 were included. Out of 1187 cases, 23 (1.

Is inclusion of the occiput necessary in fusion for C1-2 instability in rheumatoid arthritis?

Object: The atlantoaxial joint is the location most and earliest affected in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In longstanding disease, ligamentous and osseous destruction can progress and involve all cervical segments. If surgical intervention is necessary, some prefer, to be safe, undertaking fusion to the occiput, whereas others advocate 1-level fusion of C1-2.

Corpectomy of the fifth lumbar vertebra, a challenging procedure.

Study Design: A retrospective study of 25 consecutive cases undergoing L5 corpectomy and reconstruction.

Summary Of Background Data: Corpectomy of L5 is a challenging procedure because of the unique biomechanical and anatomic properties of this level.

Objective: To report the clinical and radiographic outcomes and to stress the technical difficulties encountered with L5 corpectomy, reconstruction of the resulting defect together with posterior stabilization.

Surgical treatment of spondylodiscitis in the cervical spine: a minimum 2-year follow-up.

Cervical spine spondylodiscitis is a rare, but serious manifestation of spinal infection. We present a retrospective study of 20 consecutive patients between 01/1994 and 12/1999 treated because of cervical spondylodiscitis. Mean age at the time of treatment was 59.

Extracoelomic mini approach for anterior reconstructive surgery of the thoracolumbar area.

Objective: An extracoelomic mini approach is introduced as a less invasive technique for surgery of the thoracolumbar area performed via the anterior approach.

Methods: Twenty-one patients with spinal pathological findings at the thoracolumbar junction were assessed. The reasons for surgery were as follows: burst fracture of the first lumbar vertebra (n = 5), degenerative disc at L1-L2 (n = 4), spondylodiscitis at L1-L2 (n = 8) and at T11-L1 (n = 1), pathological fracture of the first lumbar vertebra (n = 2), and pseudarthrosis at T11-L1 after failed reconstruction (n = 1).

Microscopically assisted percutaneous nucleotomy, an alternative minimally invasive procedure for the operative treatment of lumbar disc herniation: preliminary results.

Lumbar discectomy is one of the most frequent neurosurgical and orthopaedic procedures. In this study, a series of 43 consecutive patients operated with a minimally invasive technique referred to as "microscopically assisted percutaneous nucleotomy" (MAPN) is presented. After a follow-up period of 3 months, every patient was seen clinically, and after 12 months, telephone enquiries were performed by the first author.