Publications by authors named "Mikael Orabi"
Anterior extrusion of fusion cage in posttraumatic cervical disk disease.
J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg
March 2015
Anterior interbody fusion of the cervical spine (ACDF) with bone grafts or cages has become the gold standard for treating cervical disk disease. Several technical modifications have been developed, but currently no consensus exists regarding the optimal technique. In addition, there is also evidence that complications are frequently associated with this procedure.
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- Spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) are the most common spinal arteriovenous malformations, typically treated through microsurgery or endovascular procedures.* -
- A study of 30 patients treated at a tertiary center between 2001 and 2008 showed that all patients achieved complete cure from a single surgical session without complications.* -
- After an average follow-up of 32 months, 83% of patients experienced improvement, highlighting the importance of careful patient selection and standardized surgical techniques for successful outcomes.*
Introduction: Molecular imaging of the spine is a rarely used diagnostic method for which only a few case reports exist in the literature. Here, to the best of our knowledge we present the first case of a combination of molecular imaging by single photon emission computer tomography and positron emission tomography used in post-operative spinal diagnostic assessment.
Case Presentation: We present the case of a 50-year-old Caucasian woman experiencing progressive spinal cord compression caused by a vertebral metastasis of a less well differentiated thyroid cancer.
Energy metabolism measurements in spinal cord tumors, as well as in osseous spinal tumors/metastasis in vivo, are rarely performed only with molecular imaging (MI) by positron emission tomography (PET). This imaging modality developed from a small number of basic clinical science investigations followed by subsequent work that influenced and enhanced the research of others. Apart from precise anatomical localization by coregistration of morphological imaging and quantification, the most intriguing advantage of this imaging is the opportunity to investigate the time course (dynamics) of disease-specific molecular events in the intact organism.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Purpose: There is no effective medical treatment of malignant middle cerebral artery (MCA) infarction. The purpose of this clinical trial was to assess the efficacy of early decompressive craniectomy in patients with malignant MCA infarction.
Methods: We conducted in France a multicenter, randomized trial involving patients between 18 and 55 years of age with malignant MCA infarction to compare functional outcomes with or without decompressive craniectomy.