Minimally invasive surgery versus standard posterior approach in the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a 2-year follow-up retrospective study.

Purpose: This is a monocentric retrospective controlled study that compares the safety and efficacy of posterior minimally invasive surgery (MISS) to standard posterior spinal fusion (PSF) surgery in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS).

Methods: We retrospectively collected 111 patients with Lenke type 1-6 AIS who were treated with MIS (n = 47) or PSF (n = 64) between February 2019 and January 2021 with a 2-year clinical and radiological follow-up. MIS technique was applied via two midline noncontiguous skin incisions ranging from 3 to 7 cm in length, so we obtained the arthrodesis only in the exposed tract, passing the rods below the fascia, avoiding the complete muscular sparing.

Functional evaluation of a novel fibreglass-reinforced polyamide custom dynamic AFO for foot drop patients: A pilot study.

Background: Ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs) are orthopaedic devices often prescribed to treat foot drop. For patients who are not satisfied with off-the-shelf solutions, custom AFOs personalized to the patient's lower limb anatomy are required. Dynamic AFOs provide stability while allowing for physiological ankle mobility in the stance phase of walking.

Oral Versus Standard Antimicrobial Treatment for Pyogenic Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis: A Single-Center, Retrospective, Propensity Score-Balanced Analysis.

Background: Interest in shorter antimicrobial regimens and oral treatment for osteoarticular infections is growing. The aim of this study is to assess whether there is an association between the administration of an entirely oral antibiotic therapy (OT) and the clinical outcome of native vertebral osteomyelitis (NVOs).

Methods: We conducted a single-center, retrospective, observational study on consecutive patients with pyogenic NVOs over a 10-year period (2008-2018).

A novel apparatus to assess the mechanical properties of Ankle-Foot Orthoses: Stiffness analysis of the Codivilla spring.

Ankle-Foot Orthoses (AFOs) are the most common devices prescribed to support the ankle and restore a quasi-normal gait pattern in drop-foot patients. AFO stiffness is possibly the main mechanical property affecting foot and ankle biomechanics. A variety of methods to evaluate this property have been reported, however no standard procedure has been validated and widely used.