Spinal Disorders: Fundamentals of Diagnosis and Treatment Part 1 pot

... 14 Surgery 14 BackPainandSciatica 15 AWrongMixtureofFluids 15 DiscHerniation 17 HistoricalCaseStudy 19 TheFacetSyndrome 21 SpinalStenosis 21 SpinalInfections 22 EgyptianMummiesandSirPercivalPott ... mean difficult choices in the allocation of treatment modalities. Therefore, a basic knowledge of the state of the art of the diagnosis and treatment of spinal di...

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... 22 1 Reproducibility 22 1 Differential Diagnosis of Spinal Pain Syndromes 22 2 Recapitulation 22 2 KeyArticles 22 3 References 22 4 9 Imaging Studies Marius R. Schmid, Jürg Hodler CoreMessages 22 7 ImagingMethods 22 7 StandardRadiographs ... 20 3 Pain 20 4 Function 21 0 SpinalDeformity 21 0 PhysicalExamination 21 1 Walking 21 1 Standing 21 1 Sitting 21 6 LyingSupine 22...

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... transverso- spinal group (right side), and the short back muscles group. The sacrospinalis group consists of the iliocostalis muscles, longissimus muscles and spinalis muscles. The transversospinal ... points of muscles, muscle cross sections, muscle fiber length and muscle type. Of particular importance is the geometric relationship of the muscle line of action to the rotat...

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... and assessment of spinal instability and the biomechanics of spinal stabilization [11, 103 ]. The reader is encouraged to explore these resources for a more in-depth study of this subject and for an ... support was mandatory. The goals of spinal instrumentation are to stabilize, correct and fuse With the exception of the recent developments in non-fusion devices such...

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... changes of the disc ✔ Orientation and misalignment of the facet joints correlate with development of early osteoarthritis of the joint ✔ Changes in bone architecture of the vertebral bodies and formation ... function increases proba- bility and severity of soft tissue and skeletal damage due to trauma and also enhances the likelihood of complications during surgery. Th...

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... direct and indirect costs are considerable and their management utilizes a significant part of the gross national product of many countries. However, as 160 Section Basic Science lihood of being offered ... development, diagnosis and treatment of LBP: limited diagnostic and prognostic value of medical imaging in non-specific back pain [8, 10] no positive effect but neg...

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... [45]. Imaging The recent widespread use of the MRI scan in the assessment of spinal disorders has considerably improved the ability of surgeons to understand spinal pathol- ogy, especially in relation ... characteristics of this questionnaire were recently examined in both surgical and conservative back pain patients and the reliability, validity and sensitivity to change o...

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... Assessment of the Spine Standard MR sequences are sufficient for most indications Standard T1 (weighted = W) and T2 W spin-echo sequences are the basis of imaging in the spine ( Fig. 1). T1 W and T2 ... arrows point to L3, L4 and S1 nerve roots) and hyperintense perineural fat tissue. d Axial T2 W images at the level of the intervertebral disc L5/S1 and e of the pedicles of...

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... preferred dard approach for the treatment of thoracic spinal disorders including defor- mity, tumor or infection. In deformity surgery, the approach is always on the side of the apex of the curve, i.e. a ... Therefore, it is manda- tory to double-check the side of the thoracotomy at the beginning of the sur- gery. Image intensifier control optimizes the spinal access Furthermo...

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... respectively. Weakness of the abdominal wall particularly in multiparas can result in abdominal herniations and needs to be repaired. A detailed description of the management of complications is ... critically dependent on a profound knowledge of the surgical anatomy. Preoperative planning of the screw trajectories with CT scans is mandatory if an altered anatomy (e.g. in spinal...

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... fusion (i.e. interbody and posterolateral fusion) was first used for the treatment of spinal trauma and deformity, then expanded to failed previ- ous spinal fusion operations and is now used also ... fusion techniques Boos and Webb [24] reviewed 16 earlier non-randomized studies (1966–1995) with a total of 1264 cases and found a mean fusion rate of 87% (range, 40–96%) a...

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... program • •• Management of NSLBP Various guidelines supporting the evidence of conservative treatment have been published and they offer treatment recommendations for acute, subacute and chronic LBP ... 25:1S–33S Extensivereviewabouttheroleofactivityinthetreatmentofpatientswithbackpainwith comprehensive recommendations from the Paris Task Force. Accident Rehabilitation & Compe...

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... 643 Ischemia of the spinal cord can result from stretching of the blood vessels feeding the spinal cord or by prolonged hypotension. Therefore, a reduction of the cor- rection and restoration of a sufficient ... main objectives are arrest of curve progression and fusion The main objective of surgical treatment is correction of the deformity and maintaining the correc...

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... depended on the type of vertebral anomaly, the location of the anomaly, and the age of the patient at diagnosis. Bradford DS, Heithoff KB, Cohen M (1991) Intraspinal abnormalities and congenital spine ... failure of formation, failure of seg- mentation,ormixed. Examples of failure of forma- tion are hemivertebra and wedge vertebra, while unilateral unsegmented bars and...

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... measurements of the endplate obliquity of L3 in the frontal plane, and of the lumbar lordosis mea- sured between the L1 and S1 superior endplates in the sagittal plane of a standard X-ray. 716 Section Spinal ... pathomorphology and pathomechanism [1]. The asymmetric degeneration of the disc and/ or the facet joint leads to an asymmet- ric loading of the spinal segment...

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