Browse the latest research summaries in the field of surgery for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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J Neurosurg Case Lessons, 2022 • November 21, 2022
Spinal granulomas are rare inflammatory masses that can form within the spinal cord due to infectious or non-infectious processes. This case report details a unique instance of an intradural granuloma...
KEY FINDING: The authors present the first report of paraparesis caused by intradural granuloma secondary to organizing hematoma.
Pan African Medical Journal, 2022 • August 22, 2022
This case report highlights a rare presentation of cervical Pott's disease in a 66-year-old patient with a history of pulmonary tuberculosis. The patient underwent surgical management involving corpec...
KEY FINDING: A 66-year-old patient with a history of pulmonary tuberculosis presented with cervical Pott's disease, characterized by neck pain, tingling, and heaviness in the upper limbs.
Global Spine Journal, 2024 • April 1, 2024
This study presents a retrospective review of 1133 patients who underwent posterior thoracolumbar spine surgery, with 116 cases experiencing incidental durotomy (ID). The authors developed a progressi...
KEY FINDING: There is no standardized approach to managing incidental durotomies (IDs) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks in lumbar spine surgery, highlighting a need for a consensus.
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2024 • June 14, 2024
This study systematically explores intraoperative ultrasound (IOUS) characteristics in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) undergoing French-door laminoplasty (FDL). Key findings incl...
KEY FINDING: The cross-sectional area of the spinal cord (SC) was negatively correlated with age in adults, indicating that the SC tends to be thinner in older individuals.
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2022 • November 15, 2022
This study aimed to determine if shoulder abductor strength (SAS) is a predictor of tracheostomy in patients with traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (TCSCI). The results showed that lower SAS grade...
KEY FINDING: Patients with SAS grade 0–2 had a significantly higher proportion in the tracheostomy group compared to the non-tracheostomy group (88.1% vs. 54.8%, p = 0.001).
Neurosurgery, 2023 • March 1, 2023
This retrospective study evaluated the clinical outcomes of hybrid therapy (separation surgery followed by SBRT) in patients with NSCLC and metastatic epidural spinal cord compression (MESCC). The stu...
KEY FINDING: Hybrid therapy (surgery followed by SBRT) resulted in a 95% local control rate at 2 years after surgery in patients with NSCLC and metastatic epidural spinal cord compression (MESCC).
International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, 2023 • January 1, 2023
This case report describes the successful management of an 85-year-old woman with posterior atlantoaxial subluxation and bilateral persistent first intersegmental artery (PFIA). The patient underwent ...
KEY FINDING: The patient had bilateral PFIA, a rare vascular anomaly, along with left-sided high-riding vertebral artery (HRVA).
Neurosurgery, 2023 • March 1, 2023
This retrospective study examined the outcomes of eight older patients who underwent transdural resection of craniovertebral junction (CVJ) cysts causing myelopathy. The results showed significant imp...
KEY FINDING: The transdural approach resulted in improved Nurick scores, indicating reduced myelopathy, in the patients studied.
Scientific Reports, 2022 • December 15, 2022
This study compared polytrauma patients with severe traumatic cervical spine injuries (TCSI) to those with severe traumatic brain injuries (TBI), revealing differences in epidemiology, demographics, a...
KEY FINDING: The incidence of severe TCSI in polytrauma patients was lower than that of severe TBI.
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2022 • December 1, 2022
The study investigates the biomechanical effects of spinal shortening using finite element analysis to determine the optimal shortening distance during surgery. The results suggest that increasing spi...
KEY FINDING: Increasing spinal shortening distance generally increased stress on internal rods and the range of motion and intradiscal pressure of adjacent segments.