Browse the latest research summaries in the field of orthopedics for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2025 • March 4, 2025
This study introduces a smart assistive bone-cement injection system for percutaneous vertebral augmentation (PVA) to overcome the shortcomings of currently used injection devices. The smart system de...
KEY FINDING: The motorized injection group had significantly fewer intraoperative X-ray fluoroscopies compared to the manual injection group, indicating reduced radiation exposure for the surgeon.
J. Clin. Med., 2025 • February 21, 2025
This study analyzed data from the German Arthroplasty Registry (EPRD) on nearly 100,000 femoral neck fractures to identify survival rates and risk factors for failure following hemiarthroplasty (HA) a...
KEY FINDING: The failure rate was 3.7% for hemiarthroplasties and 5.6% for total hip arthroplasties, with most failures occurring within six weeks after surgery.
Cureus, 2025 • February 18, 2025
This prospective case-control study evaluated serum S100B levels in ASCI patients and healthy controls to assess its potential as a biomarker for injury severity and neurological recovery. The study f...
KEY FINDING: Serum S100B levels in ASCI patients were significantly higher than controls at baseline and two weeks, normalizing after six weeks.
Cureus, 2025 • March 4, 2025
This retrospective study investigated factors associated with SCIWORET in cervical SCI patients, focusing on CCS, cervical OPLL, and DISH. The study found that CCS and cervical OPLL were independent p...
KEY FINDING: CCS was present in 85.7% of the SCIWORET group compared to 53.8% in the SCI with fracture group (p < 0.0001).
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2025 • March 13, 2025
This study investigates the relationship between high-signal intensity on MRI-T2WI and cervical dynamic change using kinematic MRI to determine risk factors associated with high signals. The degree of...
KEY FINDING: The degree of cord compression was remarkably increased in both groups with cervical ranging from flexion to extension.
HAND, 2022 • November 25, 2020
Upper motor neuron (UMN) syndrome consists of muscle spasticity, weakness, and dyssynergy due to a brain or spinal cord injury. The purpose of this study is to describe the perioperative adverse event...
KEY FINDING: There were no intraoperative complications, hospital readmissions, or deaths among the 12 patients.
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, 2022 • December 1, 2021
The study evaluates a custom-made articulating hip spacer for two-stage revision in periprosthetic joint infections, focusing on complication rates, infection control, implant survivorship, and patien...
KEY FINDING: Infection control was achieved in 96% of patients after reimplantation, with an implant survivorship of 92% after a mean follow-up time of 19 months.
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, 2023 • July 5, 2022
This study evaluated the resistance of different cup/liner systems to lever-out forces, a potential cause of liner dissociation in THA. The Pinnacle system with intact ARTs showed the highest stabilit...
KEY FINDING: The Pinnacle construct with intact ARTs required the greatest force to achieve dissociation, followed by Plasmafit Plus7 and Allofit-S constructs.
Orthopädie, 2022 • July 8, 2022
The article presents a rare case of a 5-year-old female with bilateral Salter-Harris II fractures and slipped capital femoral epiphysis secondary to autosomal recessive osteopetrosis. Initial surgical...
KEY FINDING: The study presents a case of successful surgical treatment of a rare combination of conditions: bilateral Salter-Harris II fractures associated with growth plate slippage secondary to confirmed osteopetrosis (OP).
European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, 2023 • July 26, 2022
This study investigates the use of a high-definition 3D exoscope for minimally invasive spinal cord decompression in thoracolumbar burst fractures. The study compares outcomes and surgeon experiences ...
KEY FINDING: The exoscope group showed a small reduction in surgical time and blood loss compared to the microscope group.