Efficacy of Epidural Steroid in Controlling Pain After Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic Discectomy for Single-Level Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.

Background: The effects of epidural steroid (ES) administration following open or minimally invasive surgery lumbar discectomy have been extensively studied. However, no research has investigated the impact of steroids following the unilateral biportal technique endoscopic lumbar discectomy (UBE-D) for lumbar disc herniation. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of ES administration in controlling postoperative pain and disability scores following UBE-D for single-level lumbar disc herniation.

A Change in Global Sagittal Alignment after Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.

This study evaluated the short-term spinal sagittal alignment change after transforaminal epidural steroid injection (TFESI) in lumbar spinal stenosis patients. Patients with lumbar spinal stenosis who underwent TFESI were retrospectively examined. Clinical outcomes were assessed using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI).

A comparative study of supine traction, supine side-bending radiographs, and supine MRI to determine coronal flexibility in degenerative lumbar scoliosis patients.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare curve correction in degenerative lumbar scoliosis using supine traction radiographs, supine side-bending radiographs, and supine MRI.

Methods: A prospective analysis of Cobb angles from patients diagnosed with degenerative lumbar scoliosis who underwent supine traction radiography (TR), side-bending radiography (SB), and supine MRI. The Cobb angles at thoracic (T), thoracolumbar/lumbar (TL/L), and lumbosacral (LS) levels were measured, and the curve correction in percentages compared with standing AP radiography was calculated as corrective flexibility.

Effect of Single-Dose Preemptive Systemic Dexamethasone on Postoperative Dysphagia and Odynophagia Following Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery: A Double-Blinded, Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: The efficacy of preoperative dexamethasone in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) to reduce dysphagia and odynophagia remains controversial. This study evaluated the effect of a single dose of intravenous dexamethasone given as preemptive analgesia in the ACDF procedure.

Methods: A total of 64 patients aged 18 years or over were randomized into two groups.

Reliability and Accuracy of Palpable Anterior Neck Landmarks for the Identification of Cervical Spinal Levels.

Study Design: A descriptive experimental study.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe the reliability and accuracy of palpable anterior neck landmarks (angle of the mandible, hyoid bone, thyroid cartilage, and cricoid cartilage) for the identification of cervical spinal levels in a slight neck-extended position as in anterior approach cervical spinal surgery.

Overview Of Literature: Standard, palpable anatomical landmarks for the identification of cervical spinal levels were described by Hoppenfeld using the midline palpable anterior structures (angle of the mandible [C2 body], hyoid bone [C3 body], thyroid cartilage [C4-C5 disc], cricoid cartilage [C6 body], and carotid tubercle [C6 body]) to determine the approximate level for skin incisions.

The Significance of the Trömner Sign in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Patient.

Study Design: This study is a diagnostic analysis.

Objective: To investigate the diagnostic accuracy of Trömner sign in cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM), and how its presence correlates with the severity of myelopathy.

Summary Of Background Data: A clinical presentation of myelopathy corresponding with image findings is a current standard to diagnose CSM.

Unusual presentation of vertebral endplate Modic changes in congenital scoliosis associated with pain: a report of two cases.

Congenital scoliosis is not normally associated with pain in young children. We are presenting two cases of young patients with congenital scoliosis and moderate to severe pain. There were no spinal cord abnormalities found in these patients.

Comparing parecoxib and ketorolac as preemptive analgesia in patients undergoing posterior lumbar spinal fusion: a prospective randomized double-blinded placebo-controlled trial.

Background: Poor postoperative pain control is frequently associated with complications and delayed discharge from a hospital. Preemptive analgesia is one of the methods suggested for reducing postoperative pain. Opioids are effective for pain control, but there known addictive properties make physicians cautious about using them.

Union rate on hinge side after open-door laminoplasty using maxillofacial titanium miniplate.

Background. One of the important complications of open-door laminoplasty is a premature laminoplasty closure. In order to prevent premature laminoplasty closure many techniques have been described and a titanium miniplate is one of the instruments to maintain cervical canal expansion.

Unusual presentation of giant cell tumor originating from a facet joint of the thoracic spine in a child: a case report and review of the literature.

Introduction: Giant cell tumor of the synovium is a common benign lesion that frequently occurs at the tendon sheaths in the hand; it is usually found in adults over 30 years old. It is related to pigmented villonodular synovitis. Giant cell tumor of the synovium or pigmented villonodular synovitis has been described rarely in the axial skeleton especially in the thoracic vertebrae of a child.