Outcomes for standalone anterolateral corpectomy for thoracolumbar burst fractures.

There is a paucity of data available on the context preceding anterior fusion failure or the need for a posterior fusion, the timing of the second operation, or any correlation between the different instrumentation and failure rates. A retrospective chart review was performed of 131 identified patients who underwent anterolateral corpectomy and fusion for a thoracolumbar burst fracture from 2000 to 2012 in a single institution. 96 patients had clinical and radiographic follow up of greater than two months.

Ventral cervico-thoracic meningeal cyst resulting in myelopathy: Case report and literature review.

Background: Spinal meningeal (dural) cysts rarely cause spinal cord compression and/or myelopathy.

Case Description: A 38-year-old male presented with 6 weeks of worsening bilateral lower extremity paresthesias and an unsteady gait. Notably, the patient was involved in a snowmobile accident 7 years ago that resulted in trauma to his thoracic spine for which he had undergone a corpectomy and posterior fusion.

3-Tesla intraoperative MR imaging for neurosurgery.

Intraoperative magnetic resonance (MR) image-guided neurosurgery has been performed since 1994. Using a 1.5-Tesla (T) intraoperative MR imaging system, we have performed more than 750 interventional procedures.