Browse the latest research summaries in the field of surgery for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Clin Case Rep, 2023 • November 4, 2023
This case report describes a 24-year-old male with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) who experienced recurrent pain after spinal fusion due to a retained surgical curette edge. The patient underwent multip...
KEY FINDING: Surgical tool entrapment can occur during spinal fusion procedures, even though it is rare.
Clin Spine Surg, 2023 • December 1, 2023
This prospective study on 104 DCM patients, showed significant neurological improvement was found following surgery. The presence of preoperative T2 weighted signal change was associated with lower pr...
KEY FINDING: The presence of preoperative T2 weighted signal change was associated with lower preoperative mJOA scores.
Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 • November 17, 2023
This review summarizes recent advances in understanding the pathophysiology and management of CCS, highlighting its increasing overlap with DCM. It challenges the traditional somatotopic arrangement o...
KEY FINDING: The traditional understanding of the spinal cord's organization, where specific areas control specific body parts, is likely incorrect, suggesting CCS is a more diffuse injury.
Orthopaedic Surgery, 2024 • February 1, 2024
This study introduces a technique for using intraoperative ultrasound in spinal trauma surgery performed in the lateral decubitus position. A capsular bag is created to allow for acoustic coupling and...
KEY FINDING: Intraoperative ultrasound was successfully used in all patients to explore decompression of the spinal canal and assess injuries to the neural elements.
JAAOS Global Research & Reviews, 2023 • December 1, 2023
The authors present two cases of patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy who initially underwent anterior cervical decompression and fusion but experienced no improvement in their posterior cord...
KEY FINDING: Anterior cervical decompression may not relieve posterior cord compression in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy.
Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg, 2023 • December 1, 2023
This study investigates the potential of Shilajit to mitigate secondary damage in spinal cord injury (SCI) using a rat model. Rats were divided into control, low-dose Shilajit, and high-dose Shilajit ...
KEY FINDING: Histopathological examination showed that the high-dose Shilajit group had lower amounts of morphological damage compared to the low-dose and control groups.
Advanced Biomedical Research, 2023 • August 31, 2023
This study evaluated the outcomes of operative treatment for traumatic spinal cord injuries (TSCI) after a 2-year follow-up period. The research involved 79 patients who underwent surgery for TSCI, as...
KEY FINDING: The most common type of vertebral column injury was burst fractures (62%), followed by fracture-dislocation injury (25.3%).
BMC Surgery, 2023 • December 5, 2023
This study compares titanium mesh and bone grafting for spinal tuberculosis. The results show both methods are effective and safe. There were no significant differences in surgical duration, blood los...
KEY FINDING: There's no significant difference in surgery duration between titanium mesh and bone grafting.
Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2023 • November 13, 2023
Acute aortic dissection is a complex and life-threatening cardiovascular disorder, requiring urgent surgical treatment. The frozen elephant trunk (FET) technique has emerged as a valuable strategy for...
KEY FINDING: FET is a commonly used treatment approach for acute type A aortic dissection.
Med Sci Monit, 2023 • December 15, 2023
The study investigated the effectiveness of a lamina-lifting suspension system combined with the bridge crane technique for treating thoracic ossification of the ligamentum flavum (TOLF) with myelopat...
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.