Reliability and repeatability of a modified thoracolumbar spine injury classification scoring system.

Purpose: On the basis of the Thoracolumbar Injury Classification and Severity Score (TLICS), an modified TLICS classification system was presented, its reliability and repeatability were assessed, and the factors influencing classification consistency were examined.

Methods: Five spinal surgeons were chosen at random. The clinical data of 120 patients with thoracolumbar fractures admitted to the Department of Spine Surgery, Ningbo Sixth Hospital from December 2019 to June 2021 were categorized using the modified TLICS system.

Intracranial drainage versus extracranial shunt in the treatment of intracranial arachnoid cysts: a meta-analysis.

Objective: To review the literature and analyze the efficacy and safety of two surgery procedures, intracranial drainage and extracranial shunt, for intracranial arachnoid cysts.

Methods: We searched the online Medlars, PubMed, and Cochrane Central electronic databases and collected studies of patients with intracranial arachnoid cysts treated with two surgical methods.

Results: The meta-analysis results shows that there were not statistically significant in clinical symptoms improvement, cyst reduction, the improvement of epilepsy, epidural hematoma, cerebrospinal fluid leak, and recurrence rate (P > 0.