Browse the latest research summaries in the field of surgery for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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BMJ Case Rep, 2024 • April 6, 2024
Aneurysmal bone cysts (ABCs) are primary bone tumours that rarely occur in the spine and generally affect one vertebral level in adolescents. A teenage male presented with back pain, paresthesias and ...
KEY FINDING: The patient presented with back pain, paresthesias, and a mildly spastic gait due to a multilevel thoracolumbar ABC extending from T12-L1.
Cureus, 2024 • March 29, 2024
This study highlights a significant burden of pediatric traumatic brain and spinal injuries in Bulgaria. Various types of injuries, predominantly head trauma, with falls being the most common cause, o...
KEY FINDING: The largest percent are patients with brain concussion (85.07%, n=114).
World Neurosurgery: X, 2024 • April 24, 2024
This study investigates racial and socioeconomic disparities in the treatment and outcomes of patients with cervical spinal cord injuries (CSCIs) using data from the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) da...
KEY FINDING: Minority patients were less likely to receive operative management following cervical SCI compared to White patients.
Cureus, 2024 • April 14, 2024
The report presents a case where anterior muscles involved in CD cannot be easily addressed through the traditional posterior approach. Complete denervation was performed for expendable muscles while ...
KEY FINDING: A periauricular incision provides access to both anterior and posterior neck muscles for selective peripheral denervation.
Asian J Neurosurg, 2024 • February 26, 2024
This case report describes the successful use of retrograde epidural spinal cord stimulation (SCS) in a patient with intractable neuropathic pain caused by spinal cord and cauda equina injuries and ex...
KEY FINDING: Retrograde epidural SCS is a feasible option for patients with extensive epidural fibrosis or aberrant vertebral anatomy.
Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2024 • May 1, 2024
This study aimed to explore the imaging characteristics of cervical kyphosis and spinal cord compression in cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) patients with cervical kyphosis and its impact on surg...
KEY FINDING: The location of the cervical kyphosis apex relative to the spinal cord compression point affects the clinical outcomes and sagittal parameters after ACDF.
Aorta, 2023 • May 16, 2024
Conventional elephant trunk (cET) and frozen elephant trunk (FET) are two distinct approaches to the surgical treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections. FET remains limited by spinal cord...
KEY FINDING: FET is advantageous when pathology is confined to the proximal descending aorta, showing similar operative outcomes to cET but without needing a second-stage procedure and better false lumen remodeling.
Brain and Spine, 2024 • May 3, 2024
This article reviews the historical evolution of surgical approaches to traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI), from ancient times when SCI was considered untreatable to modern debates about optimal surgi...
KEY FINDING: Throughout history, surgical attempts to treat SCI have yielded conflicting results. While some studies suggest that the timing of surgery affects neurological recovery, the precise impact of immediate surgery remains unclear.
IBRO Neuroscience Reports, 2024 • April 29, 2024
This study investigates the efficacy of three spinal cord fusion (SCF) techniques—spinal cord transection (SCT), vascular pedicle hemisected spinal cord transplantation (vSCT), and vascularized allogr...
KEY FINDING: All three surgical approaches (SCT, vSCT, and vASCT) demonstrated the potential to partially restore motor function in beagles with complete SCI.
Cureus, 2024 • April 20, 2024
This study critically appraises the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) guidelines on the evaluation and treatment of thoracolumbar spine trauma (TST) using the AGREE II instrument to assess metho...
KEY FINDING: The mean scores for the six AGREE II domains were: Scope and Purpose (75.2%), Stakeholder Involvement (45.4%), Rigor of Development (57.0%), Clarity of Presentation (58.7%), Applicability (16.9%), and Editorial Independence (64.1%).