Vertebral Compression Fractures Treated in Acute by Instrumented Kyphoplasty: Early and Mid-Term Clinical and Radiological Results.

The treatment of traumatic low-degree vertebral compression fracture remains in a wide range between functional treatment, bracing, vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty, and even surgical fixation. The objective was to assess the innovation of instrumented kyphoplasty and to report the early and mid-term functional and radiological results. This study is a retrospective review of patients enrolled from 2012 to 2017.

All-Pedicle Screw Fixation With 6-mm-Diameter Cobalt-Chromium Rods Provides Optimized Sagittal Correction of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.

Purpose: Recently introduced cobalt-chromium (CoCr) rods that rely solely on pedicle screws produce very good results in correcting scoliotic curves. All-pedicle screws constructs are also suspected of decreasing thoracic kyphosis. The current study was designed to evaluate sagittal correction in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients, using 6-mm CoCr rods and all-screw constructs.

CoCr rods provide better frontal correction of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis treated by all-pedicle screw fixation.

Purpose: Pedicle screw fixation is considered biomechanically advantageous in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) correction, because it uses as an anchor the pedicle, which is the hardest part of the vertebral body. The ability of the rod to correct and hold the correction is a key factor in the selection of rod material. The goal of this study was to compare the results obtained by stainless steel (SS) and cobalt-chromium (CoCr) rods materials for the treatment of AIS curves.

Bicuspid pulmonary valve in transposition of the great arteries: impact on outcome.

Objective: Long-term evaluation of the impact of bicuspid pulmonary valve on neoaortic valve regurgitation and aortic root dilatation (ARD) after arterial switch operation (ASO) for transposition of the great arteries (TGA).

Methods: Between January 1987 and March 2010, 980 neonates underwent ASO for TGA. A total of 40 patients (4.