Browse the latest research summaries in the field of surgery for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Neurospine, 2023 • January 1, 2023
This meta-analysis examined the safety and accuracy of robot-assisted (RA) techniques for cervical screw placement in spine surgery. It included one RCT, three comparative cohort studies, and three ca...
KEY FINDING: The meta-analysis indicated that robot-assisted techniques achieved an 88.0% rate of optimal cervical screw placement accuracy.
Journal of International Medical Research, 2023 • April 1, 2023
This case report details the successful emergency surgical management of a thoracic spinal epidural abscess (SEA) in a man in his early 40s who presented with acute lower limb paralysis. The patient u...
KEY FINDING: Timely diagnosis and surgical intervention within 24 hours of paralysis are crucial for recovering lower limb muscle strength in thoracic SEA cases.
Frontiers in Surgery, 2023 • April 20, 2023
This study demonstrates the effectiveness of resecting cervical extra-intraspinal neuromas through the enlarged intervertebral foramen, highlighting the ability to completely expose and remove the tum...
KEY FINDING: All 34 tumors were completely exposed using the described incising approach.
JOR Spine, 2023 • April 1, 2023
This study investigates the role of DLX5 in the progression of OPLL, a condition characterized by the ossification of spinal ligaments. The findings indicate that DLX5 expression is upregulated in OPL...
KEY FINDING: DLX5 is highly expressed in OPLL cells compared to non-OPLL cells, both in vitro and in vivo.
BMC Surgery, 2023 • June 3, 2023
This study aimed to investigate the risk factors for adjacent vertebral compression fractures (AVCF) after vertebroplasty and to establish a clinical prediction model. The study identified low bone ma...
KEY FINDING: Low bone mass density (BMD) is an independent risk factor for AVCF after vertebroplasty.
Trials, 2023 • June 13, 2023
The DISCUS trial is a prospective, phase III, multicenter, randomized controlled superiority trial designed to assess whether the addition of duroplasty to bony decompression improves muscle strength ...
KEY FINDING: The primary objective is to test the hypothesis that, in patients with severe cervical TSCI, bony + dural decompression, compared with bony decompression alone, improves American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS) motor score (AMS) at 6 months.
Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 2023 • August 23, 2023
This study aimed to determine whether isotretinoin and acitretin have beneficial effects on neural tissue damage following acute spinal cord injury. The results showed that the inclined plane angle wa...
KEY FINDING: The inclined plane angle, a measure of motor function, significantly increased in the isotretinoin and acitretin groups compared to the spinal injury group on both the 14th and 28th days.
Bioengineering, 2023 • September 10, 2023
The study developed deep learning models to automate the detection and measurement of the dural sack cross-sectional area (DSCA) in lumbar spine MRI. The MultiResUNet model achieved the highest accura...
KEY FINDING: The MultiResUNet model showed the best performance, with high accuracy in both initial and external validation datasets.
Neurospine, 2023 • September 1, 2023
This commentary discusses the advancements in robot-assisted (RA) spinal surgery and its potential to become a routine minimally invasive approach. It highlights the enhanced safety, accuracy, and min...
KEY FINDING: Robot-assisted techniques offer high accuracy in pedicle screw placement (96.4%) and minimal screw-related complications.
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2023 • September 24, 2023
This study explores the potential of combining radiomics features from MRI images with clinical features to predict outcomes after lumbar disc herniation surgery using AI techniques. The results sugge...
KEY FINDING: The inclusion of radiomics features alongside clinical variables led to a slight enhancement in predictive accuracy for surgical outcomes.