Reoperation rate after fusion and non-fusion surgery for degenerative lumbar spine disease.

Introduction: The number of reoperations increases with the growing number of operations performed.

Methods: The clinical material included a group of 2194 patients treated surgically due to degenerative disease of the lumbar spine; we selected a total of 332 patients who were reoperated, and the indications for reoperation were analysed.

Results: The percentage of patients operated due to adjacent segment disease in the group of patients with stabilization was on average 8.

Surgical treatment of thoracic disc herniation.

Symptomatic thoracic disc herniation is estimated on 1 person per million per year. 70% of all thoracic disc herniation cases are asymptomatic. This condition is often undiagnosed in regard to misguided clinical manifestations.

Assessment of the results of occipito-cervical stabilization in cranio-vertebral damage.

Unlabelled: Damage to the cranio-vertebral junction includes bone and ligament structures as well as the nervous system. Due to the unique structure of the occipital-atlanto-axial complex (C0-C1-C2) and biomechanical properties, they cause a surgical challenge. The aim of the surgery is to achieve bone fusion and stability of occipital-atlanto-axial complex.

Spinal cord infarction after tumor removal surgery of the thoracic region - a case report.

Unlabelled: Spinal cord infarction is very rare condition and usually occurs in the thoracic region of the spine. The etiology is often unknown and patophysiology can be diverse. The stroke may occur while performing a surgical procedure, but it is also found in vascular diseases, for example dissecting aneurysms, vasculitis and vascular malformations.

[Chirurgiczne leczenie uszkodzeń połączenia czaszkowokręgosłupowego].

Unlabelled: Damages of the cranio-vertebral junction include bone and ligamentous structures. Due to the unique design of the C0-C1-C2 complex and biomechanical properties, they represent a major surgical challenge. Treatment of damage to this area involves decompression of nerve structures with simultaneous occipito-cervical fixation from posterior access.

[Leczenie operacyjne złamań zęba obrotnika z dostępu przedniego].

Unlabelled: The surgical treatment of the odontoid fractures is an important problem in the practice of medical teams involved in spinal surgery. There is still no consensus on dealing with fractures C2. The stabilization of the rodontoid with 1 or 2 cannulated screws (AOSF) is currently one of the options in the treatment of C2 unstable fractures since Bohler and Nakanishi introduced this method.

Assessment of bone union in the cervical spine after the application of a spinal cage.

Background. The aim of our study was to assess interbody bone union in the cervical spine after discectomy and the use of a spinal cage. Material and methods.