Browse the latest research summaries in the field of surgery for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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BMC Surgery, 2023 • June 8, 2023
This study evaluated the effectiveness of indirect reduction by ligamentotaxis in thoracolumbar burst fractures based on radiologic characteristics and procedure timing. The study found that postopera...
KEY FINDING: Ligamentotaxis significantly improved canal occupation, endplates distance, and vertebra height postoperatively.
J Neurosurg Case Lessons, 2023 • June 19, 2023
The case report presents a rare instance of a 10-year-old female who sustained a non-missile penetrating spinal cord injury (NMPSCI) with a retained foreign body (RFB) bisecting her thoracic spinal ca...
KEY FINDING: Direct withdrawal of a retained foreign body (RFB) in a neurologically intact patient with NMPSCI is a viable treatment option.
Neurosurgical Review, 2023 • June 26, 2023
This review examines the role of neuronal plasticity in cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) surgery, focusing on functional assessment and prognostic implications. The study analyzes various imaging...
KEY FINDING: Functional MRI (fMRI) can be used to evaluate neural plasticity, showing changes in cortical networks due to spinal cord injury and cerebral reorganization.
Neurosurgical Review, 2023 • June 26, 2023
This study analyzed the surgical management of spinal arachnoid web (SAW) in patients with syringomyelia, focusing on surgical strategies and outcomes. Of 135 patients with syringomyelia, 3 (2.22%) fu...
KEY FINDING: SAW can be safely treated by surgery.
Cureus, 2023 • May 26, 2023
This report presents a case of a 35-year-old obese woman who experienced a delayed sub-axial fracture-dislocation following a motor vehicle accident (MVA). She was successfully managed after three wee...
KEY FINDING: A novel single-surgery, single-approach technique with pedicle screws and tension-band wiring can be successfully used for delayed sub-axial fracture-dislocation.
J. Clin. Med., 2023 • June 20, 2023
This study examined long-term outcomes of the frozen elephant trunk (FET) procedure in 187 patients, revealing acceptable operative mortality but a high reintervention rate due to pre-existing aortic ...
KEY FINDING: Overall survival rates at five and ten years post-FET procedure were 69.9% and 53.0%, respectively.
Neurospine, 2023 • June 30, 2023
This retrospective study compared intra-articular C1–2 facet distraction, fixation, and cantilever reduction with foramen magnum decompression (FMD) for treating type B basilar invagination. The intra...
KEY FINDING: Patients undergoing intra-articular distraction, fixation, and cantilever reduction experienced better reduction of basilar invagination and nerve decompression.
Journal of Spine Surgery, 2023 • March 24, 2023
This technical note introduces a novel surgical technique for treating spinal neuroarthropathy (SNA) using triple rod fixation and tricortical laminovertebral (TLV) screws. The technique was applied t...
KEY FINDING: Triple rod stabilization with TLV screws improved construct stability in three SCI patients with SNA.
Annals of Medicine, 2023 • July 1, 2023
The study developed a probabilistic graphical model (PGM) using Bayesian networks (BNs) to predict clinical outcomes in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) after posterior decompressi...
KEY FINDING: Preoperative JOA score, presence of a psychiatric disorder, and ASIA grade were identified as significant factors associated with the last JOS score.
einstein (São Paulo), 2023 • March 6, 2023
This case report describes a rare instance of post-thoracotomy paraplegia caused by spinal cord compression from oxidized cellulose (Surgicel®) used for hemostasis. The patient, a 56-year-old woman, d...
KEY FINDING: The patient developed bilateral leg numbness and paraplegia postoperatively, extending up to the T5 level.