pedicle screw technique in the thoracic spine

... inserted into the pedicle of the T2 vertebral body The pre-loaded needle containing the fiducial marker was inserted through the vertebroplasty trochar, and the gold marker was deployed into the bone ... busy clinical departments with minimal impact on staffing needs and machine time The use of spinal markers also limits the possibility of human error during the matching process, such as matching ... lung tumor The application of IGRT using fiducial markers in the spine in our patient allowed for radiation treatment of primary lung cancer with vertebral body invasion while limiting the radiation...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:20

... Definition of non specific Thoracic spine pain [11] Definition of non specific Thoracic spine pain Midline back pain – for the purposes of this trial, the pain will be bound by the lateral margins ... literate in the English language Are currently receiving care for thoracic pain from any other provider Figure Definition of thoracic spine pain area Definition of thoracic spine pain area Cannot ... asked to indicate which point along the line best represents their pain intensity The distance from the no-pain end to the mark made by the participant is their pain intensity score The Oswestry...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 14:20

... pattern of thoracic curvature in the normal spine, we measured the curvature using standing chest radiographs in the normal spines of children, adolescents, and adults In AIS, curvature is prominent ... http://www.josr-online.com/content/6/1/4 Thoracic right curvature in the normal spine To evaluate the curvature in the normal spine, Cobb angles from T5 to T12 were measured using a standing chest radiographs ... requiring treatment [9,10,14] Our study suggests that the degree of right thoracic curvature in the normal spine is the same in males and females There are inherent limitations of the study - the...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... pattern of thoracic curvature in the normal spine, we measured the curvature using standing chest radiographs in the normal spines of children, adolescents, and adults In AIS, curvature is prominent ... http://www.josr-online.com/content/6/1/4 Thoracic right curvature in the normal spine To evaluate the curvature in the normal spine, Cobb angles from T5 to T12 were measured using a standing chest radiographs ... requiring treatment [9,10,14] Our study suggests that the degree of right thoracic curvature in the normal spine is the same in males and females There are inherent limitations of the study - the...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 07:20

... 1-3 This technique aims at draining lymph (already in the collectors) and stimulating the formation of lymph (the flow of interstice fluid to the lymphatic capillaries) Increases in interstice ... both ongoing and in press, show that the association of these activities with compression mechanisms maintain losses achieved during lymph drainage 8,9 First, the working pressures of the main muscle ... which can be used in the control of exercising Eight devices have been developed that involve the main muscle groups with the objective of improving the mobility of joints and reducing trophic muscle...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:39

... neurologic examination was also performed in all patients year later and the findings compared with the preoperative examination Following a routine examination and Xray of the spine, computed ... levels below the injured level in an unstable calf spine model provided more stiffness than that in the intact spine Krag [11] has suggested segmental pedicle fixation two levels above the kyphosis ... All pedicle screws were inserted under C-arm guidance The rod was then fixed two levels above the fracture into the four screws and after that, torque was applied through the rod pusher to bring...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... Hay et al [6], the cervical spine was involved in 22% of cases, the thoracic spine in 34%, the lumbar spine in 31%, and the sacrum in 13% Bertoni et al [3] reviewed 15 cases of the solid variant ... analyzed and interpreted the pathological data for our patient WEW aided in the editing of the manuscript DJC aided in the editing of the manuscript TGL aided in the editing of the manuscript ... occupying the left part of the vertebral body of T6 destroying the lamina and pedicle as well as the associated rib at that level MRI of the thoracic spine (Figure 2) revealed a large hypointense...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:21

... possible Early skin grafting increases the risks of infection and complications However, delayed skin grafting also increases the risk of eyelid hypertrophic scarring, asymmetry and other deformities ... fold on the graft, allowing extra skin for future graft contracture while still preserving the ability to close the eye adequately We widen the grafting area by separating and loosening the musculus ... eight cases into one case series because the surgical management of the eyelid injuries was the same, although the systemic managements of these patients as different according to the injury area...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:22

... responses to the conservative care Multiple comments in the chart notes indicated the “trigger point” and “swelling” were worsening during the course of care, but these observations of an enlarging mass ... and approved of the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare they have no competing interests SMF was involved in this case as a consultant for the patient after the tumor had been ... symptoms, again depending on the size and location of the mass Neurological compromise is also possible with tumors located near the spine A case of paravertebral synovial sarcoma in the lumbar spine...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 15:21

... peer-editing activities, the more interested they showed to be in the writing tasks as well as other activities in the classroom For example, within periods in the classroom, there was usually seen the ... editing technique can help students fully involve in their study in that it increases their confidence in their own writing ability by making them get used to facing errors and thus motivate them ... discussions Finally, the researcher got down to writing the report on the study once they had gained clear conclusions on the findings In short, after a long time conducting the study with the employment...

Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 18:19

... the product; - the sales place: the ambience created by the interior organization of the shop; - the manner of selling: sales methods In a synthetic manner, the cardinal points of merchandising ... following defining elements [5]: Merchandising - modern technique used in the process of goods sales 131 - planning the activity of the shop to reach its objectives, ensuring the satisfactions of the ... products at the sales point Introducing the new sales techniques determined functional modifications in the organization of the shops and gave an impulse to the modernization of the commercial technique...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 15:20

... impingement (despite their negative MRI) or they were merely complaining of generalised shoulder pain following their neck injury Pain radiating from the neck to the shoulder after whiplash injuries ... assessing for evidence of subacromial impingement The diagnosis was made on the basis of the following clinical tests: the Neer impingement sign [8], Hawkins-Kennedy impingement sign [9] the painful ... had sustained fractures of the limbs or the skull 133/220 patients (60%) had a concomitant soft tissue injury to their thoracic or lumbar spine and had complained of back pain after the incident...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... Although the staining technique used in this study is not clinical applicable, our current study on the investigation of clinical viable staining techniques for imaging the collagen and other micro-components ... the interwoven collagen bundles in the which splendens the A schematic A schematic structure of the collagen network in AC shows that the interwoven collagen bundles in the lamina splendens integrate ... Discussion Using a 3D imaging technique, this study investigates the 3D collagen structure in the superficial zone in relation to the physiological status of AC Since the 3D imaging technique does...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... C in Figure 6b) Inspecting the bone, a small fracture was observed and the hammering was stopped Since the stem was visibly not fully inserted, the hammering normally had to continue, but the ... and reinserting the prosthesis The FRF had a normal evolution during the reinsertion and the graphs corresponding to the final two stages, labelled as stage 4a and stage 5a, are shown in Figure ... 14 minutes after cement preparation The arrow indicates that the peak corresponding to the vibrational mode mostly influenced by the cement curing shifts to the right when the curing time increases...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... foramen This reduces the distance between the spinal canal and the medial wall of the transverse foramen, thereby placing the vertebral artery in the path of the screw The screw trajectory was ... anterior screw fixation for the fracture of the odontoid They were operated after mean of months after injury In subjects the initial injury to the upper cervical spine was missed at their initial ... from the starting point at the inferomedial angle of C2-C3 facet All traumatic cases were screened for other associated spinal and extraspinal injuries, using clinical examination and necessary investigations...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... foramen This reduces the distance between the spinal canal and the medial wall of the transverse foramen, thereby placing the vertebral artery in the path of the screw The screw trajectory was ... anterior screw fixation for the fracture of the odontoid They were operated after mean of months after injury In subjects the initial injury to the upper cervical spine was missed at their initial ... from the starting point at the inferomedial angle of C2-C3 facet All traumatic cases were screened for other associated spinal and extraspinal injuries, using clinical examination and necessary investigations...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 07:20

... determine the variable nodes in a trapping set, such as the trapping set bits flipping technique used in [3] In the previous example, if only out of the trapping sets variables are neutralized, the ... the dominant trapping sets are formed by a combination of short cycles present in the bipartite graph In the following, we adopt the terminology and notation related to trapping sets as originally ... trapping sets during BP decoding To overcome the negative impact of a trapping set T(z, w), the basic idea is to neutralize the z variable nodes in the trapping set Neutralizing a variable node involves...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 23:20

... performed by a line search: the ith term of (25) or (24) are evaluated over the points of a grid and the point attaining the maximum value is considered as the corresponding delay Since the desired ... Rη at the beginning of (P (P each step, that is, at the beginning of the line search for a delay parameter Without taking into consideration the block diagonal form of Rη , as well as the order ... applying the matrix inversion lemma to (A.4), and taking into account the approximate orthogonality of the involved vectors, we end up with the following expression for the inverse of the diagonal...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 22:20

... Harper KD, Nightingale RW The role of imaging and In Situ biomechanical testing in assessing pedicle screw pull-out strength Spine 1996, 21, 1962-1968 Sandén B, Olerud C, Petrén-Mallmin M, Larsson ... damage to the nerves root and spinal cord from surgical trauma and other etiologic causes [10] Clinically, it is difficult to describe the spinal stability in the normal spine [3] Hence, the group ... maximum rigidity when the external load increases on the spine [1,10] In this study, of all the groups, group III was the stiffest group Using the average stiffness values of all the tests, group...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 20:23

... illustration of the anatomy and detection of inflammation in the bone marrow The entire lumbar spine including the zygapophyseal joints and, if available, the thoracic spine was analyzed for increased ... the lumbar spine and the thoracic spine were available for comparative analysis Permission for this study was given by the local ethic committee of the Charité Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin ... the patients had inflammatory lesions in other parts of the spine, as indicated in Table Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Interestingly, histopathologically detected cellular infiltration...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22