Browse the latest research summaries in the field of surgery for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Orthopaedic Surgery, 2024 • May 1, 2024
This retrospective study compared the clinical efficacy of modified percutaneous endoscopic interlaminar discectomy (MPEID) with percutaneous endoscopic transforaminal discectomy (PETD) in treating L4...
KEY FINDING: MPEID showed shorter operative times compared to PETD (65.41 vs 91.65 minutes, p < 0.001).
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2024 • March 25, 2024
This case report details the successful management of a rare non-traumatic complete cervical spine dislocation with severe fixed kyphosis in a 33-year-old male with a history of immune polymyositis. T...
KEY FINDING: The patient presented with a complete C4-C5 dislocation, C4 spondyloptosis, severe kyphotic angulation, spinal cord compression, and severe myelopathy.
Korean J Neurotrauma, 2024 • March 1, 2024
This retrospective study analyzed data from 149 patients with cervical spine injuries (CSI) in the Plovdiv metro region of Bulgaria between 2017 and 2021. The study aimed to determine the epidemiology...
KEY FINDING: 65.1% of the 149 patients with CSI were surgically treated.
Brain and Spine, 2024 • April 7, 2024
This overview highlights current literature on surgical timing, techniques, and hemodynamic management in the acute phase of tSCI. It also delves into considerations specific to the elderly population...
KEY FINDING: Early surgical treatment (less than 24 hours after trauma) appears beneficial compared to delayed surgery for tSCI.
Global Spine Journal, 2024 • March 1, 2024
This protocol describes the rationale for developing clinical practice guidelines on (i) the timing of surgical decompression in acute SCI; (ii) the hemodynamic management of acute SCI; and (iii) the ...
KEY FINDING: This process resulted in both systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines/care pathways related to the role and timing of surgery in acute SCI; the optimal hemodynamic management of acute SCI; and the prevention, diagnosis and management of ISCI.
Heliyon, 2024 • April 9, 2024
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a significant clinical challenge due to the limited regenerative capacity of the spinal cord, but advancements in bioengineering technology and novel therapies offer hope. ...
KEY FINDING: Spinal Cord Fusion (SCF) has shown remarkable results in restoring motor function in rodents, dogs, and non-human primates.
Orthopaedic Surgery, 2024 • June 1, 2024
This study compared the outcomes of patients with spinal metastases and pathological fractures treated with either decompression and pedicle screw fixation (fixation group) or microwave ablation combi...
KEY FINDING: The MWA group exhibited reduced blood loss compared to the fixation group (p = 0.01).
Medicina, 2024 • April 10, 2024
The study presents a novel surgical technique for treating basilar invagination (BI) in a patient with Klippel–Feil syndrome (KFS) using a posterior approach with O-arm navigation, avoiding the use of...
KEY FINDING: The novel C-arm-free posterior approach with O-arm navigation was effective in reducing basilar invagination and decompressing the spinal cord.
Medicina, 2024 • April 13, 2024
This meta-analysis evaluated the outcomes of different surgery timings for acute symptomatic MSCC, focusing on emergent (≤24 h), urgent (≤48 h), and late (>48 h) surgeries. The study found that urgent...
KEY FINDING: Urgent decompression (within 48 hours of symptom onset) leads to significantly better neurological outcomes for patients with a life expectancy of over three months.
ibrain, 2023 • January 1, 2023
This case reports a female patient suffering old fracture‐dislocation of lower cervical spine trauma that lasted for 3 years, whose neurological and spinal functional impairment was significantly impr...
KEY FINDING: Anterior approach combined with subtotal vertebral body resection and TMC internal fixation was desirable to improve neuromuscular function for the old fracture‐dislocation of the lower cervical spine.