The treatment strategies for spine fractures in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: A case report.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to explore surgical strategies for effectively treating spine fractures in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and investigate the postoperative outcomes.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 9 patients with AS that was complicated by spine fractures, who underwent surgery at our spine and spinal cord clinic between 2005 and 2012. The surgical methods included posterior instrumentation and bone grafting, with or without decompression.

Does local lavage influence functional recovery during lumber discectomy of disc herniation?: One year's systematic follow-up of 410 patients.

Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is a common disease and lumbar discectomy is the most common surgical procedure carried out for patients with low back pain and leg symptoms. Although most researchers are focusing on the surgical techniques during operation, the aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of local intervertebral lavage during microdiscectomy.In this retrospective study, 410 patients were operated on by microdiscectomy for LDH during 2011 to 2014.

Celastrol attenuates oxidative stress in the skeletal muscle of diabetic rats by regulating the AMPK-PGC1α-SIRT3 signaling pathway.

Oxidative stress plays a key role in the pathogenesis of diabetic myopathy. Celastrol provides a wide range of health benefits, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antitumor effects. We hypothesized that celastrol may exert an antioxidant effect in the skeletal muscle of diabetic rats.

[Diagnosis and surgery of lumbar disc herniation sequestrating to upper spinal canal: analysis of 17 cases].

Objective: To summarize the experience in diagnosis and surgery of lumbar disc herniation sequestrating to upper spinal canal.

Methods: Seventeen patients, 9 males and 8 females, aged 41 (27-54), with the diseased intervertebral discs herniated and upward sequestrated that were confirmed by lumbar MRI, all with definite clinical manifestations of nerve root compression, underwent operation, including 14 cases undergoing semi-laminectomy and discectomy and 3 cases undergoing laminectomy, discectomy, and fusion. Japanese Orthopedic Association (JOA) (29 scores) evaluation standard was used to before the operation and 14 days and 3 months after the operation to evaluate the curative effects.