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Cureus
December 2024
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Spine and Spinal Cord Center, Osaka International Medical and Science Center, Osaka, JPN.
Introduction: Lumbar canal stenosis (LCS) is a common degenerative lumbar spinal disease (DLSD) widely treated by decompression surgery, also known as laminectomy. Few cases have been observed where DLSD has progressed postoperatively, thus requiring reoperation. However, data on such cases are limited.
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January 2025
Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, M6 8HD, Manchester, England, United Kingdom.
Objective: Cauda Equina Syndrome (CES) poses significant neurological risks if untreated. Diagnosis relies on clinical and radiological features. As the symptoms are often non specific and common, the diagnosis is usually made after a MRI scan.
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January 2025
Health Science Center, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.
The traditional posterior median approach laminectomy is widely used for lumbar decompression. However, the bilateral dissection of paraspinal muscles during this procedure often leads to postoperative muscle atrophy, chronic low back pain, and other complications. The posterior midline spinous process-splitting approach (SPSA) offers a significant advantage over the traditional approach by minimizing damage to the paraspinal muscles.
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January 2025
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, 601 N. Caroline Street, JHOC 5223, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA.
Purpose: Few studies have investigated quality-of-life (QoL)-related outcome measures in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients over long-term follow-up. We investigated whether patients with any given Lenke type improved relative to other types and whether selective fusions resulted in better QoL-related outcome measures.
Methods: We utilized the Harms Study Group database to select patients with AIS who underwent posterior spinal fusion (PSF) with Scoliosis Research Society questionnaire-22 revised (SRS-22r) scores at minimum 10-year follow-up.
J Clin Med
December 2024
Department of Pulmology, Special Hospital for Pulmonary Diseases, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
: Human β-defensin 2 (HBD2) is a protein that plays an important role in activating the immune system by modulating spinal pathways and the inflammatory response. According to previous research, HBD2 was proven to be important in chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) (their values were significantly elevated in CSU patients, with a significant correlation between HBD2 levels and the percentage of peripheral basophils, suggesting that elevated HBD2 levels may be a potential marker of basophil and mast cell activation), which led us to additional research on the HBD2 molecule in isolated chronic angioedema. The aim of this research is to examine HBD2 values in the saliva and serum of patients with isolated angioedema, as a potential biomarker of the disease.
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