Using Smartphones for Clinical Assessment in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy a Feasibility Study.

Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is characterized by a progressive deterioration in spinal cord function. Its evaluation requires subjective clinical examination with wide interobserver variability. Objective quantification of spinal cord function remains imprecise, even though validated myelopathy-grading scales have emerged and are now widely used.

Transtubular Anterior Cervical Foraminotomy for the Treatment of Compressive Cervical Radiculopathy: Surgical Results and Complications in a Consecutive Series of Cases.

Study Design: This was a retrospective review of patients with compressive cervical radiculopathy treated with a minimally invasive anterior cervical foraminotomy (ACF).

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the results and complication rates of ACF in a consecutive series of patients and to report our clinical results of ACF as a minimally invasive technique in a series of 45 consecutive patients treated for compressive cervical radiculopathy.

Overview Of Literature: ACF is a motion-sparing procedure and an alternative to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) and posterior cervical foraminotomy for direct nerve root decompression in patients with compressive cervical radiculopathy.

Bone cylinder plug and coil technique for accurate pedicle localization in thoracic spine surgery: A technical note.

Background: Intraoperative identification of the correct level during thoracic spine surgery is essential to avoid wrong-level procedures. Despite technological progress, intraoperative imaging modalities for identifying the correct thoracic spine level remain unreliable and often lead to wrong-level surgery. To counter potential wrong-level operations, here, we have proposed a novel pedicle/bone cylinder marking technique for use in the thoracic spine utilizing biplanar fluoroscopy and confirmed with computed tomography (CT).

Multilevel Pedicular Osteotomies for En Bloc Resection of a Primary Ewing Sarcoma of the Subaxial Cervical Spine with Pedicle Screw Reconstruction.

Background: Primary Ewing sarcoma of the mobile spine is a rare disease. Its management requires careful surgical planning, because radical, margin-free excision is directly correlated with prognosis. Extensive bone removal in the cervical spine can lead to instability and cause postoperative iatrogenic cervical deformity.

Surgical planning for cervical deformity based on a 3D model.

The treatment of fixed cervical deformity is complex, but the principles guiding its correction remain the same as in deformity of other spinal regions, with the goal of deformity correction that results in a solid fusion with adequate decompression of the neural elements. In these challenging cases, osteotomies are necessary to mobilize the rigid spine and to obtain the desired correction, but they can be associated with increased risk of complications. Therefore, careful preoperative planning and a complete understanding of the anatomic variations allow patient-tailored approaches with and case specific techniques for the optimal and safe treatment of a variety of complex cervical deformities.

Delayed presentation of deep penetrating trauma to the subaxial cervical spine.

Purpose: To present a rare case of deep penetrating neck trauma in which a retained foreign body in the cervical spine (a broken knife blade) resulted in delayed radicular injury. We describe the surgical management using a retrojugular approach.

Case Report: Our patient sustained a stab wound to the supraclavicular triangle from a small pocketknife.

[Inter-hospital CHUV-HUG medical consensus of back pain management. Its application in care pathways within CHUV of Lausanne].

Back pain is a considerable economical burden in industrialised countries. Its management varies widely across countries, including Switzerland. Thus, the University Hospital and University of Lausanne (CHUV) recently improved intern processes of back pain care.