Complication Pattern After Percutaneous Cement Discoplasty: Identification of Factors Influencing Reoperation and Length of Hospital Stay.

Objective: Percutaneous cement discoplasty (PCD) was introduced to treat symptomatic vertical instability of the lumbar spine in a minimally invasive way. The aim of the present study was to analyze the complication pattern after PCD and to identify factors that predict the chance of cement leakage, reoperation, and length of hospital stay (LOS).

Methods: patients were treated with PCD within the study period.

Impact of Patient-specific Factors and Spinopelvic Alignment on the Development of Adjacent Segment Degeneration After Short-segment Lumbar Fusion.

Study Design: Prospective cross-sectional cohort study.

Objectives: The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between demographical, surgery-related and morphologic parameters, and the development or progress of adjacent segment degeneration (ASD) after short-segment lumbar fusions.

Summary Of Background Data: ASD is a major long-term complication after lumbar fusions.

Extracutaneous Manifestations of Calciphylaxis: Ogilvie's Syndrome With Perforation.

Calciphylaxis or calcific uremic arteriolopathy is a rare entity associated with the end-stage renal disease that presents with necrotic cutaneous lesions that may require surgical management. Extracutaneous manifestations of calciphylaxis including visceral ischemia have been reported; however, surgical intervention for colonic ischemia has only been reported twice. We report a 49-year-old male with calciphylaxis who subsequently developed Ogilvie's syndrome complicated by perforation requiring total abdominal colectomy with end ileostomy.

"Stem cell therapy to promote limb function recovery in peripheral nerve damage in a rat model" - Experimental research.

Background: Optimizing nerve regeneration and mitigating muscle atrophy are the keys to successful outcomes in peripheral nerve damage. We investigated whether mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy can improve limb function recovery in peripheral nerve damage.

Materials And Methods: We used sciatic nerve transection/repair (SNR) and individual nerve transection/repair (INR; branches of sciatic nerve - tibial, peroneal, sural) models to study the effect of MSCs on proximal and distal peripheral nerve damages, respectively, in male Lewis rats.

Crystalloid fluid suspension results in decreased adhesion burden when compared to bioresorbable membranes in a rat model.

Introduction: Adhesion formation represents a major cause of long-term morbidity. Suspension of intra-abdominal contents in fluid medium may effectively prevent adhesion formation. We compare saline hydro-flotation (NS) to hyaluronate bioresorbable membranes (HBM) for adhesion prevention following surgery.