Spinal Disorders Research

KEY FINDING: The diagnosis of C1-C2 subluxation is mostly based on radiographs and cervical spine computed tomography.

KEY FINDING: Lower extremity numbness can be the first symptom of proximal junctional failure (PJF) with myelopathy following spinal fusion surgery.

KEY FINDING: Patients who received early surgery (≤7 days) had significantly better ASIA grade, JOA score, and recovery rate compared to those who received conservative treatment or late surgery (>7 days).

KEY FINDING: Emergency posterior paraspinal abscess clearance, laminectomy with spinal decompression, and long-segment fixation improved the patient's neurological status from grade B to grade E on the ASIA scale.

KEY FINDING: The patient presented with hyperacute neurologic deficit, progressing within an hour to paraplegia and loss of sensation up to the breasts, due to spontaneous hemorrhage of a spinal epidural capillary hemangioma (SECH).

KEY FINDING: Specific NIHTBm cutoff values were identified for classifying DCM severity based on motor assessments.

KEY FINDING: Surgical tool entrapment can occur during spinal fusion procedures, even though it is rare.

KEY FINDING: The presence of preoperative T2 weighted signal change was associated with lower preoperative mJOA scores.

KEY FINDING: The surgical intervention significantly enhanced the patient’s lower limb function, as evidenced by an increase in mJOA score from 5 preoperatively to 11 at terminal follow-up.

KEY FINDING: The patient's symptoms and MRI results improved significantly after surgical decompression, suggesting that cervical spondylosis can indeed cause VHM.