[Surgical management of the failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) using posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) with posterior transpedicular stabilization].

Introduction: One of possibility of treatment FBSS is posterior lumbar interbody fusion, PLIF with posterior transpedicular stabilization.

Material And Methods: Between January 2005 and December 2007, the prospective study of treatment failed back surgery syndrome patients with posterior lumbal interbody fusion and posterior transpedicular stabilization was performed at the Department of Neurosurgery University Hospital FNLP in Kosice. Physical examinations were performed before surgery, after surgery 30 days, and at 4 follow-up visits (3 months, 6 months, 12 months and 24 months).

[Interbody spacers in the treatment of cervical spine disorders].

Degenerative conditions of the spine represent a group of most common lifestyle associated diseases with significant medical and important social impact. Clinical symptoms and syndromes of surgically considerable degenerative diseases of the spine mostly result from nerve root or spinal cord compression caused by a herniated intervertebral disc or a dorsal osteophyte. Therefore, the main goal of the surgical treatment is decompression of the neural structures by complete removal of the intervertebral disc and the osteophytes followed by insertion of an artificial disc spacer into the remaining space.

[Injuries of the intracranial part of the carotid artery].

The objective of the submitted work was to draw attention to different types of injuries of the intracranial portion of the carotid artery and some problems associated with its solution. The investigated group comprised 7 subjects (2 women, 5 men) aged 19 to 76 years who attended between Jan. 1, 1995 and Feb.