Publications by authors named "Tokio Kawamura"
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- Bertolotti's syndrome occurs when the transverse process of the last lumbar vertebra enlarges and connects with the sacral alar, causing back pain, especially in athletes.
- An adolescent basketball player experienced persistent left low back pain, which did not improve with conservative treatments, leading to an endoscopic surgical procedure to resect the enlarged bone.
- Post-surgery, the patient reported immediate pain relief and successfully returned to basketball three months later, with positive outcomes and no complications noted one and two years after the operation.
Treatment with an Ilizarov ring external fixator is less invasive of soft tissues than is open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) surgery. Operative treatment of fractures with an Ilizarov ring external fixator after elbow ankylosis has not been reported. We describe our experience with this surgical treatment (i.
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