Cervical Schwannoma camouflaged by cervical intervertebral disc prolapse-A case report.

Introduction: Cervical prolapsed intervertebral disc is one of the common conditions causing cervical myeloradiculopathy. Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF) is the standard line of management for the same. Intradural neurogenic origin tumors are relatively rare and can present with features of myeloradiculopathy.

Comparative Outcome Data Using Different Techniques for Posterior Lumbar Fusion: A Large Single-Center Study.

Study Design: Retrospective single-center study.

Purpose: This study aims to evaluate perioperative and intermediate-term clinical outcomes of patients undergoing different lumbar fusion techniques.

Overview Of Literature: Various open and minimally invasive techniques for lumbar fusion are available, but previous studies comparing lumbar fusion techniques have heterogeneous data, making interpretation challenging.

Correction of Thoracic Hypokyphosis in Adolescent Scoliosis Using Patient-Specific Rod Templating.

The emphasis of surgical correction in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) has been given to coronal plane correction of deformity without addressing the sagittal plane thoracic hypokyphosis. Thoracic hypokyphosis has been implicated in cervical malalignment, increased incidence of proximal and distal junctional kyphosis, spinopelvic incongruence, and increased incidence of low back pain. The surgeon, variability in surgical technique, and difference in rod contouring have been implicated as factors resulting in less-than-adequate restoration of thoracic kyphosis.

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis : a review of aetiological theories of a multifactorial disease.

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), defined by an age at presentation of 11 to 18 years, has a prevalence of 0.47% and accounts for approximately 90% of all cases of idiopathic scoliosis. Despite decades of research, the exact aetiology of AIS remains unknown.

Age-adjusted Charlson comorbidity index as a novel guideline for patient selection between unilateral versus bilateral simultaneous total knee arthroplasty.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to validate the age-adjusted Charlson comorbidity index as a clinical practice guideline for patient selection between unilateral total knee arthroplasty (UTKA) and bilateral simultaneous total knee arthroplasty (BSTKA).

Methods: A consecutive series of 1016 patients undergoing UTKA (402 patients) or BSTKA (614 patients) was analysed. The age-adjusted Charlson comorbidity index (ACCI) was measured for all the patients and graded as low (0-2 score), moderate (3-4 score) and high risk (≥ 5 score).