Restoration of the sagittal profile according to the Roussouly classification reduces mechanical complications and revision surgery in older patients undergoing surgery for adult spinal deformity (ASD).

Purpose: The mechanical complications related to ASD remain a concern due to their morbidity and associated revision surgery. Restoration of each patient's Roussouly profile may reduce these. Our aim was to examine if the restoration of the Roussouly profile reduced these complications and revision rates in older patients operated for degenerative ASD.

Pathological femoral neck fracture in a male patient due to non-simultaneous bilateral transient hip osteoporosis: A case report: Statements and Declarations.

Unlabelled: We report a case of a 31-year-old man who developed a non-simultaneous bilateral transient hip osteoporosis (THO) complicated with an atraumatic undisplaced pathological femoral neck fracture (FNF) of his left hip. He was successfully treated with internal fixation on the left hip, and a follow-up Magnetic Resonance Imaging evidenced satisfactory resolution on the right side. Diagnosis and management of THO are usually challenging as symptoms before pathological FNFs might be misdiagnosed.

Management of NF-1 dystrophic scoliosis associated with rib heads dislocation into the spinal canal in neurological intact patients: a systematic literature review.

Purpose: The management of scoliosis and kyphoscoliosis in patients with Type 1 Neurofibromatosis (NF-1) among spinal surgeons is still challenging due to the severity of the deformity especially in dystrophic deformity types. This rapid and progressive condition is likely to be associated with dislocated rib heads into the spinal canal, hence representing a real dilemma on the decision making between its resection versus not resection during the corrective surgery, especially in patients with normal neurological status. The objective of this publication is to discuss the management options in this patient population through a literature review.

Accuracy of intraoperative neuromonitoring during percutaneous cement discoplasty.

Introduction: Percutaneous cement discoplasty is a minimally invasive procedure to treat low back pain due to advanced degenerative disc disease in elderly patients. Complications of this procedure has been described such as infection, vertebral fracture, cement leakage and nerve injury. Intraoperative neuromonitoring is used to detect the latter.

Percutaneous Cement Discoplasty for Degenerative Low Back Pain with Vacuum Phenomenon: A Multicentric Study with a Minimum of 2 Years of Follow-Up.

Background: To report clinical results after percutaneous cement discoplasty (PCD) in a multicentric case series with a minimum of 2 years of follow-up.

Methods: Between December 2014 and January 2019, 180 patients with low back pain and advanced degeneration were treated with percutaneous discoplasty in 2 centers. The inclusion criteria were as follows: patients 65 years or older, with mechanical low back pain with or without spinal stenosis, who did not respond to conservative management.

Chylothorax, a rare complication after anterior lumbar interbody fusion. Case report.

Introduction: Chylous leakage into the retroperitoneum is a rare complication after spinal surgery using an anterior retroperitoneal approach. Chylothorax is the presence of lymphatic fluid in the pleural cavity and it is even less frequent during these surgeries. The aim of this work is to report the first case of isolated left chylothorax after a retroperitoneal Left Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion in supine position in an adult female patient.

Extensive Periprosthetic Metallosis Associated to Osteolysis and Spinal Instrumentation Failure: Case Report and Literature Review.

Study Design: Case-report and literature review.

Objective: To depict main features of a potentially deleterious postoperative spinal fixation complication.

Summary Of Background Data: Tisular deposit of metal particles from prosthetic systems-metallosis-is an uncommon complication of spinal fixation surgery.

Development of a New Therapy-Oriented Classification of Intervertebral Vacuum Phenomenon With Evaluation of Intra- and Interobserver Reliabilities.

Study Design: Diagnostic study, level of evidence III.

Objectives: Low back pain is a common cause of disability among elderly patients. Percutaneous discoplasty has been developed as a tool to treat degenerative disease when conservative management is not successful.

Percutaneous Cement Discoplasty for the Treatment of Advanced Degenerative Disc Conditions: A Case Series Analysis.

Study Design: Retrospective analysis. Level of evidence III.

Objectives: To describe the results after a minimum 1-year follow-up in patients treated with percutaneous discoplasty (PD), a minimally invasive technique to treat low back pain in elderly patients with advanced degenerative disc disease.

Simultaneous Bilateral Femoral Neck Fracture Due to a Tonic-Clonic Seizure and High-Dose Steroid Therapy.

Simultaneous bilateral femoral neck fractures (FNFs) are extremely rare and usually associated with an underlying condition affecting the bone quality and mineralization. Convulsions have also been described as a possible cause, mostly as a consequence of epilepsy, hyponatremia, and hypocalcemia. We present a 52-year-old female patient, with bilateral displaced FNFs due to a tonic-clonic seizure and high-dose steroid therapy related to a frontal lobe anaplastic oligodendroglioma brain tumor resection.

[Vertebral cryptococosis. Case report and literature review].

Cryptococcosis is an infectious disease caused by a ubiquitous encapsulated yeast called Cryptococcus neoformans, it is usually associated with immunosuppressed patients. Osteomyelitis occurs in 5-10%, the spine involvement is one of the most reported. The purpose of this work is to present a case of isolated vertebral cryptococcosis and detail the results of a literature review.

Re-admissions treble the risk of late mortality after primary total hip arthroplasty.

Background: Following a total hip arthroplasty (THA), early hospital re-admission rates of 3-11% are considered as 'acceptable' in terms of medical care cost policies. Surprisingly, the impact of re-admissions on mortality has not been priorly portrayed. Therefore, we sought to determine the mortality rate after 90-day re-admissions following a THA in a series of patients from a captive medical care program.