Comparison between Balloon Kyphoplasty and Short Segmental Fixation Combined with Vertebroplasty in the Treatment of Kümmell's Disease.

Background: Kümmell's disease is a clinical syndrome characterized by a minor spinal trauma with a symptom-free period from months to years, followed by progressive painful kyphosis. Kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty have been introduced to treat Kümmell's disease, and obtained good clinical results. Recently, delayed cement displacement was reported for Kümmell's disease treated by cement augmentation alone.

Laminoplasty versus conservative treatment for acute cervical spinal cord injury caused by ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament after minor trauma.

Background Context: No reports to date have accurately evaluated the management for acute spinal cord injury (SCI) caused by ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) after minor trauma.

Purpose: To assess whether outcomes of laminoplasty is better than conservative treatment.

Study Design/setting: A retrospective study.

Pain reduction following vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty.

Purpose: To evaluate the clinical efficacy, especially the pain reduction, of vertebroplasty and balloon kyphoplasty in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs).

Methods: Eighty-six patients with OVCFs were treated with vertebroplasty or balloon kyphoplasty. All patients were followed up for seven-36 months.

Comparative study of kyphoplasty for chronic painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures via unipedicular versus bipedicular approach.

Study Design: A comparative study of chronic painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs), which underwent kyphoplasty via unipedicular versus bipedicular approach.

Objective: To assess the clinical and radiographical outcomes in treating chronic painful OVCFs compared by unipedicular and bipedicular kyphoplasty (KP).

Summary Of Background Data: OVCFs commonly occur in aged people and as many as one-third of them progress to chronic pain.

Use of an integrated anterior cervical plate and cage device (PCB) in cervical anterior fusion.

The aim of this study is to evaluate an integrated cage and plate device (the plate cage Benezech, PCB) filled with autogenous bone in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. The fused segment height, lordosis, and fusion were assessed by postoperative radiographic examination at different intervals. Patients were evaluated using Odom's criteria and the Short Form (SF)-36 Health Survey questionnaire.

Efficacy of surgery and type of fusion in patients with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis.

Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (DLSS) can be treated by several surgical procedures. However, the choice of procedure and use of instrumentation remain controversial. In this retrospective study of 81 patients with DLSS, 43 patients received decompression and posterolateral fusion without instrumentation, and the surgery for 38 patients was supplemented with posterior transpedicular screw fixation.

Surgery for thoracic myelopathy caused by ossification of the ligamentum flavum.

Between January 1996 and December 2003, our department treated 16 patients (10 men and 6 women; average age 57.5 years) by performing a laminectomy for thoracic myelopathy caused by ossification of the ligamentum flavum (OLF). We followed up all patients for 36 to 86 months (mean follow-up time, 57.

Improvement in respiratory function after vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty.

Our objective was to study the changes in respiratory function of patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs) after vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty. Thoracic kyphotic angle, local kyphotic angle, pain scores and pulmonary function parameters were measured in 38 older women with OVCFs before, three days after and three months after operation. Vital capacity, forced vital capacity and maximum voluntary ventilation significantly increased three days after operation (P < 0.