Spinal Disorders: Fundamentals of Diagnosis and Treatment Part 43 pptx

... function of the spinal cord and nerve roots. Usually the spinal cord, brachial plexus roots, and L5 and S1 can be evaluated by asking the patient to move their hands and feet. The WUT is an outstanding ... [26]. Recently, the use of aprotinin was associated with a doubling of the risk of renal failure, a 55% increased risk of myocardial infarction and a 181% increase i...

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... University of Bern, and Chief of Staff, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hirslanden-Salem Hospital, Bern, Switzerland. Max Aebi is Co-Founder and Past Chairman of AO Spine, a member of the European ... 1960 and is a Swiss citizen. He studied at the University of Saarland, Germany, and the University of Basle, Switzerland. He then received an international training as a...

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... with implantation. Recapitulation Goals of spinal instrumentation. The aims of spinal instrumentation are stabilization, achievement and maintenance of curve correction (alignment) and facilitation of bony fusion (spondylodesis). ... tumor and post-traumatic kyphosis. The load is transferred through a combination of compressive or ten- sile loading along the length of th...

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... classification and staging [112]. In addi- tion to a population based registry approach [79, 80], a greater standardization of the assessment of risk, treatment and outcomes [62, 94] and a more standardized costing ... classification of disorders, the natural course of disease,thefrequency and development of the disease in a population, and the burden of costs. Classif...

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... Goldman L (1999)Deriva- tion and prospective validation of a simple index for prediction of cardiac risk of major noncardiac surgery. Circulation 100:1 043 – 9 Useful and clinically applicable index ... integ- rity of the spinal function. At the same time larger doses of opiates became popular to help maintain stable hemodynamic conditions and better pain control intra- an...

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... level of T10/11 with significant compression of the spinal cord. b T2 weighted axial MR image demonstrating the severe spinal canal obliteration with com- pression and deformation of the spinal ... during 1 year of observa- tion [49]. Bell and Rothman found prevalences of sciatic pain in a population older than 35 years of 4.8% in men and 2.5% in women [17]. The first...

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... trefoil shape of the spinal canal mostly occurs at the fifth lumbar level. Size and shape of the spinal canal are dependent on the level The anteroposterior diameter of the lumbar spinal canal ... technique and prospective results of 463 patients. Spine 30:2570 – 8 118. Rydevik B, Garfin S (1989) Spinal nerve root compression. In: Szabo RM (ed) Nerve root compression syndr...

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... members of the Scoliosis Research Society and of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America revealed a high degree of variability with regard to the opinion of the effective- ness of brace treatment ... overprojec- tion of the shoulder, the upper endplate of T4 or T5 is usually used. For the assess- ment of the sagittal lumbar profile, the upper endplates of L1...

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... injuries and to identify a possible cord lesion ✔ Primary goals of treatment are prevention and limitation of neurological injury as well as res- toration of spinal stability, regardless of whether ... Michaelis L (1973) Closed injuries of the cervical spine and spinal cord: results of conservative treatment of flexion fractures and flexion rotation fracture disl...

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... the success of modern medical treatment and the decreasing inci- dence of manifest instability of the spine, surgery will remain one of the treat- ment options in advanced stages of the disease. ... the findings and results in 30 0 cases of Pott’s disease treated by anterior fusion of the spine. J West Pacific Orthop Assoc 1:3–7 Landmark paper favoring surgical treatment...

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