Intraoperative and Postoperative Ultrasonographic Spinal Cord Evaluation of Cervical Double-Door Laminoplasty.

Background: Ultrasonography is a useful tool for the localization, morphology, and characterization of lesions and is increasingly being applied to spinal cord evaluation in cervical spine diseases. However, in conventional cervical laminoplasty, detailed evaluation is difficult because of ultrasound attenuation. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to perform a cervical laminoplasty using a modified surgical technique and evaluate the spinal cord.

Impact of spinal surgery on locomotive syndrome in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis in clinical decision limit stage 3: a retrospective study.

Background: Locomotive syndrome (LS) is characterized by reduced mobility. Clinical decision limit (CDL) stage 3 in LS indicates physical frailty. Lumbar spinal canal stenosis (LSS) is one of the causes of LS, for which lumbar surgery is considered to improve the CDL stage.

Preliminary Clinical Experience with a High-Definition Three Dimensional Exoscope for Spinal Surgery.

We retrospectively evaluated spinal surgeries performed using the high-definition three-dimensional exoscopic system, which became available at our institution in August 2020. Eleven patients (4 with cervical disease and 7 with lumbar disease) underwent surgery with the system. There were no surgical complications related to the system, and the results were satisfactory.

Phase angle is related to physical function and quality of life in preoperative patients with lumbar spinal stenosis.

Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) can interfere with daily life and quality of life (QOL). Evaluating physical function and QOL and helping patients to improve is the focus of rehabilitation. Phase angle (PhA) assessment is widely used to measure body composition and is considered an indicator of physical function and QOL.

Reverse Obliquity Intertrochanteric Fracture Treated with a Dynamic Distal Locked Intramedullary Hip Nail.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to describe the clinical and radiological results of reverse obliquity intertrochanteric fractures treated with dynamic distal locked intramedullary hip nails.

Materials And Methods: Patients with a reverse obliquity intertrochanteric fracture (AO/OTA type 31 A3.1 or A3.

Changes of improvement in upper limb function predict surgical outcome after laminoplasty in 1 year in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy: a retrospective study.

Background: Cervical spondylotic myelopathy preoperative prognostic factors include age, preoperative severity, and disease duration. However, there are no reports on the relationship between changes in physical function during hospitalization and postoperative course, and in recent years, the length of hospital stay has shortened. We aimed to investigate whether changes in physical function during hospitalization can predict the postoperative outcome.

Computed Tomographic Epidurography in Patients with Low Back Pain and Leg Pain: A Single-Center Observational Study.

This study was conducted to analyze the findings and benefits of computed tomography (CT) epidurography in patients with low back and leg pain and compare these findings with those of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images. In total, 495 intervertebral discs from 99 patients with low back and leg pain who underwent percutaneous epidural adhesiolysis (epidural neuroplasty or percutaneous adhesiolysis) were examined. The axial views of CT epidurography were classified into six types to examine each intervertebral disc: round type, ellipse type, spike type, Benz mark, incomplete block, complete block, and non-contrast.