Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Thai version of the core outcome measures index for the back (COMI-back) in patients with low back pain.

Purpose: To translate and culturally adapt the Core Outcome Measures Index for the back (COMI-back) into Thai and to evaluate its psychometric properties in Thai-speaking patients with low back pain (LBP).

Methods: The translation process followed a standardized forward-backward method with two independent translators, followed by synthesis and back-translation. An expert committee reviewed the translations for cultural and conceptual equivalence.

Developmental and Validation of Machine Learning Model for Prediction Complication after Cervical Spine Metastases Surgery.

Study Design: This is a retrospective cohort study utilizing machine learning to predict postoperative complications in cervical spine metastases surgery.

Objectives: The main objective is to develop a machine learning model that accurately predicts complications following cervical spine metastases surgery.

Summary Of Background Data: Cervical spine metastases surgery can enhance quality of life but carries a risk of complications influenced by various factors.

The Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Psoas Muscle Area as the Prognostic Factor for Survival and Adverse Events in Spinal Metastasis Surgery.

Study Design: Retrospective study.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the ability of the mortality and adverse events prediction following metastatic spinal surgery of MRI-based cross-sectional psoas muscle area (PMA).

Methods: A retrospective chart review, 120 patients who had undergone metastatic spinal surgery were included.

Pseudarthrosis risk factors in lumbar fusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

This study presents a systematic literature review and meta-analysis of pseudarthrosis risk factors following lumbar fusion procedures. The odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) were used for outcome measurements. The objective of this study was to identify the independent risk factors for pseudarthrosis after lumbar spinal fusion, which is crucial for mitigating morbidity and reoperation.

Development and internal validation of machine-learning models for predicting survival in patients who underwent surgery for spinal metastases.

Study Design: A retrospective study.

Purpose: This study aimed to develop machine-learning algorithms for predicting survival in patients who underwent surgery for spinal metastasis.

Overview Of Literature: This study develops machine-learning models to predict postoperative survival in spinal metastasis patients, filling the gaps of traditional prognostic systems.

Safety and feasibility of ultra-long construct navigated minimally invasive spine surgery with adjuvant radiotherapy in extensive spinal metastasis : a comparative analysis.

Background: Our study compares the outcomes of extensive spinal metastasis patients treated with Ultra-Long Construct Navigated Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (UNMISS) with Adjuvant Radiotherapy to those receiving only radiotherapy. Spinal metastasis often necessitates interventions like radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or surgery, with an increasing trend towards surgical management. minimally invasive spine surgery has demonstrated advantages over traditional open surgery, with fewer complications and better postoperative outcomes.

Development of Machine-Learning Models to Predict Ambulation Outcomes Following Spinal Metastasis Surgery.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Purpose: This study aimed to develop machine-learning algorithms to predict ambulation outcomes following surgery for spinal metastasis.

Overview Of Literature: Postoperative ambulation status following spinal metastasis surgery is currently difficult to predict.

Relationship between gait parameter and spinal sagittal profiles in asymptomatic subjects.

Background: To study the gait parameters in asymptomatic volunteers and investigate the correlation between the gait and several radiographic sagittal profiles.

Methods: Asymptomatic volunteers (20-50 years of age) were included and allocated into three subgroups depending on pelvic incidence (low, normal, and high). Standing whole spine radiographs and gait analysis data were obtained.

The Role and Clinical Outcomes of Endoscopic Spine Surgery of Treating Spinal Metastases; Outcomes of 29 Cases From 8 Countries.

Objective: We aim to report the outcomes and feasibility of endoscopic spine surgery used to treat symptomatic spinal metastases patients. This is the most extensive series of spinal metastases patients who underwent endoscopic spine surgery.

Methods: A worldwide collaborative network group of endoscopic spine surgeons, named 'ESSSORG,' was established.

Cost-utility Analysis of Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion for Cervical Spondylosis Patients Comparing Polyetheretherketone Versus Tricortical Iliac Crest Bone Graft.

Study Design: Prospective cohort study.

Objectives: To perform a cost-utility analysis and to investigate the clinical outcomes and patient's quality of life after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) to treat cervical spondylosis compared between fusion with polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and fusion with tricortical iliac bone graft (IBG) in Thailand.

Summary Of Background Data: ACDF is one of the standard treatments for cervical spondylosis.

Comparative effectiveness of different pedicle screw density patterns in spinal deformity correction of small and flexible operative adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: inverse probability of treatment weighting analysis.

Purposes: An optimal pedicle screw density for spinal deformity correction in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) remains poorly defined. We compared radiographic correction, operative time, estimated blood loss, and implant cost among different screw density patterns in operatively treated AIS patients.

Methods: A retrospective observational cohort study of AIS patients who underwent posterior spinal fusion using all-pedicle screw instrumentation was conducted from January 2012 to December 2018.

Surgical outcome of scoliosis in patients with Marfan syndrome.

Purpose: To evaluate clinical and radiographic outcomes after surgical scoliosis correction and posterior instrumented fusion in SMF patients.

Methods: A single-center medical database was reviewed to identify MF patients who presented with scoliosis from 2000 to 2015. Patients who underwent spinal fusion surgery were included.

Cost-Utility Analysis Compared Between Radiotherapy Alone and Combined Surgery and Radiotherapy for Symptomatic Spinal Metastases in Thailand.

Objective: To investigate the patient quality of life and cost-utility compared between radiotherapy alone and combined surgery and radiotherapy for spinal metastasis (SM) in Thailand.

Methods: Patients with SM with an indication for surgery during 2018-2020 were prospectively recruited. Patients were assigned to either the combination surgery and radiotherapy group or the radiotherapy alone group.

Postoperative outcomes of subaxial cervical spine metastasis: Comparison among the anterior, posterior, and combined approaches.

Background: The incidence of subaxial spinal metastases increases due to longer life expectancy resulting from successful modern cancer treatments. The three most utilized approaches for surgical treatment include the anterior, posterior, and combined approaches. However, despite increasing surgical volume, data on the postoperative complication profiles of different operative approaches for this patient population is scarce.

Incidence of and factors associated with hyponatremia in traumatic cervical spinal cord injury patients.

Study Design: Retrospective study.

Objective: To investigate the incidence of and factors associated with hyponatremia among traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) patients.

Setting: Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.

Pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma (PEM) of the spine with compression fracture: case report.

Background: Pigmented epithelioid melanocytoma (PEM) is a sporadic type of pigmented melanocytic tumor with uncertain malignant potential. PEM arises as a solitary neoplasm that predominantly occurs spontaneously in otherwise healthy patients. Due to its rarity, a gold standard treatment regimen does not exist; however, symptomatic cases should be managed with radiotherapy and surgery.

Epidemiologic Study of Operative Treatment for Spinal Metastasis in Thailand : A Review of National Healthcare Data from 2005 to 2014.

Objective: To study the factors relating to operative treatment for spinal metastasis in Thailand during 2005-2014 and to determine the hospital costs, mortality rate, and incidence of perioperative complication.

Methods: Inpatient reimbursement data from 2005 to 2014 was reviewed from three national healthcare organizations, including the National Health Security Office, the Social Security Office, and the Comptroller General's Department. The search criteria were secondary malignant neoplasm of bone and bone marrow patients (International Classification of Diseases 10th revision, Thai modification codes [ICD 10-TM], C79.

Non-fusion palliative spine surgery without reconstruction is safe and effective in spinal metastasis patients: retrospective study.

Considering the shorter life expectancy and poorer prognosis of metastatic epidural spinal cord compression patients, anterior reconstruction and fusion may be unnecessary. This study aimed to investigate the outcomes of palliative surgery for metastatic epidural spinal cord compression with neurological deficit among patients who underwent posterior decompression and instrumentation without fusion or anterior reconstruction. This single-center retrospective review included all patients aged > 18 years with thoracic or lumbar spinal metastasis who were surgically treated for metastatic spinal cord compression without fusion or anterior reconstruction at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand during July 2015 to December 2017.

Validity and reliability of the Thai version of the Spine Oncology Study Group Outcomes Questionnaire version 2.0 to assess Quality of Life in Patients with Spinal Metastasis.

Background Context: The Spine Oncology Study Group Outcomes Questionnaire version 2.0 (SOSGOQ2.0) is a spinal metastasis (SM)-specific quality of life (QoL) questionnaire that was previously reported to have good reliability and validity.

Goal-Directed Fluid Therapy Based on Pulse-Pressure Variation Compared with Standard Fluid Therapy in Patients Undergoing Complex Spine Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Study Design: Prospective, randomized, controlled study.

Purpose: To determine whether the use of goal-directed fluid therapy (GDT) guided by pulse-pressure variation (PPV) and fluid management protocol can reduce intraoperative hypotension, blood transfusion requirements, and postoperative complications in adults undergoing complex spine surgery.

Overview Of Literature: Complex spine surgeries involve a significant risk of blood loss and intraoperative hypotension.

Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric testing of the Thai version of the Spinal Cord Independence Measure III-Self Report.

Study Design: Cross-sectional reliability and validation study.

Objective: To translate and assess the psychometric properties of the Thai version of the Spinal Cord Independence Measure III-Self Report (TH-SCIM-SR) in Thai spinal cord injury (SCI) patients.

Setting: Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University.

Nonfusion Muscle-Sparing Technique to Treat Long-Segment Thoracolumbar Extradural Arachnoid Cyst in a Child: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Background: Spinal extradural arachnoid cyst is an uncommon cause of spinal cord compression. It results from a small dural defect that leads to cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) accumulation in the cyst and subarachnoid space, and the cyst can compress the spinal cord and nerve roots. Surgery is the treatment of choice in symptomatic patients, and most cases have an immediately satisfying outcome after surgery.

The Role of Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate Deposition in the Postoperative Outcome of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Patients.

Study Design: Retrospective study.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the association of surgical intervention with clinical and quality of life (QoL) outcomes in patients who underwent posterior spinal surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) with spinal calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition (SCPPD) versus that in those who underwent the surgery for LSS without SCPPD.

Overview Of Literature: Calcium pyrophosphate (CPP)-associated arthritis is one of the most common types of arthritis.