Whole-Spine Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Review of Suggested Indications.

»: The spinal column has a propensity for lesions to manifest in a multifocal manner, and identification of the lesions can be difficult.

»: When used to image the spine, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) most accurately identifies the presence and location of lesions, guiding the treatment plan and preventing potentially devastating complications that are known to be associated with unidentified lesions.

»: Certain conditions clearly warrant evaluation with whole-spine MRI, whereas the use of whole-spine MRI with other conditions is more controversial.

Metastasectomy and Targeted Therapy for Patients With Spinal Metastases of Renal Cell Carcinoma.

Background: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is an aggressive malignant disease that frequently metastasizes to the spine. The main purpose of our study is to evaluate the influence of surgery as well as targeted therapy on the survival of patients with RCC metastases of the spine.

Methods: Retrospective cohort study.

[The impact of spinopelvic parameters on the rate of adjacent segment instability after short-segment spinal fusion].

Aim: The objective of this study is to determine the impact of postoperative spinopelvic parameters on the development of adjacent segment instability after single-level lumbar fusion.

Material And Methods: A total of 116 patients with degenerative spine conditions after lumbar fusion were enrolled in this study and subdivided into two groups. Group I consisted of 24 patients with signs of adjacent segment instability; Group II included 92 patients without signs of instability.

Preoperative embolization and local hemostatic agents in palliative decompression surgery for spinal metastases of renal cell carcinoma.

Background: Intraoperative hemorrhage can sometimes be massive in patients with spinal metastasis of renal cell carcinoma (MRCC). Preoperative embolization and local hemostatic agents are routinely use in spinal tumor surgery, but there have been no comparisons between these methods. This report compares the efficiency of various methods of bleeding control and their influence on outcome and survival after decompression procedures for MRCC.

Spinal deformity in elderly patients: comparison of two distal termination sites of lumbar curve fusion.

Purpose: This report compares the clinical, radiographic, and functional outcomes of fusion from thoracolumbar region terminating at L5 or at sacrum and pelvis in elderly patients with spinal deformity.

Methods: Ninety-four elderly patients who underwent spinal deformity surgery at our institution were evaluated. Patients were divided into two groups.

[Correct statistical analysis of genotype frequencies for UCP and PPAR gene families in residents of besieged Leningrad and the control group].

Correct harmonized statistical re-analysis of the data published in this Journal by I.V.Polyakova et al.