Jefferson fracture as sport injury in weight-lifting athlete: A rare case report and literature review.

Introduction And Importance: Cervical spine fractures are rare in sports, but their potentially grave consequences mean that they must be given special attention. The aim of this study was to present the case of a recreational athlete with a fracture of C1 resulting from weightlifting.

Case Presentation: Young, recreational athlete came with severe neck pain right after weightlifting.

Rod derotation and translation techniques provide comparable functional outcomes for surgical correction of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis - A retrospective, cross-sectional study.

Objectives: To compare the functional outcome of the two most commonly used methods of Adolescence Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) correction surgery using rod rotation and translation techniques from a single center in Indonesia.

Method: We performed retrospective, cross-sectional study of patients with AIS who underwent deformity correction surgery by either technique in Fatmawati General Hospital from January 2016 to March 2018. All patients were asked to complete scoliosis research society (SRS)-22 questionnaire.

An Extremely Rare Case of Upper Thoracic Salmonella Infection.

Background: Vertebral osteomyelitis is rare. Finding the right etiological agent is important to administer antibiotic regimen accordingly. The occurrence of this disease in endemic countries raises the susceptibility of a more common infection such as tuberculosis and pyogenic bacteria.

Breach Rate Analysis of Pedicle Screw Instrumentation using Free-Hand Technique in the Surgical Correction of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.

Introduction: Free-hand technique is one of the techniques used by spine surgeon during pedicle screw instrumentation of surgical correction of spinal deformities, including scoliosis. The previous studies showed that this technique is safe. However, some inherent factors may influence its outcomes, including screw breaching which is potentially violates spinal cord and other intimate structures.