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..CONCLUSION: This entity is clearly different from the synovial facet-joints or ganglion cysts...

..We report a case of lumbosacral spinal epidural abscess caused by Brucella melitensis. Spinal brucellosis should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of low back pain...

..central nervous system (CNS)--a cerebral atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) in a 5-month-old girl and a spinal canal primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) in her father...

A congenitally narrow cervical spinal canal has been established as an important risk factor for the development of cervical spondylotic myelopathy. However, few reports have described the mechanism underlying this risk...

The purpose of this study was to compare the degree of enlargement of the spinal canal between two methods of cervical laminoplasty (open-door laminoplasty and double-door laminoplasty) and to determine their appropriate surgical ..

..Prospective study of patients with lumbar disc herniations who were operated on with a full-endoscopic uniportal transforaminal approach using an extreme lateral access...

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..of spinal fusion using pedicle screw fixation were evaluated in patients older than 70 years with lumbar spinal canal stenosis...

..A multicenter, retrospective study using computed tomographic and magnetic resonance imaging data to establish quantitative, reliable criteria of canal compromise and cord compression in patients with cervical spinal cord injury...

The lateral region of the lumbar spinal canal is subject to pathologic alterations which encroach upon the neural structures located within...

..A computer-aided design analysis...

..with a burst fracture of the thoracic, thoracolumbar, or lumbar spine with more than 25% stenosis of the spinal canal were reviewed more than 1 year after injury to investigate spontaneous remodeling of the spinal canal...

..A comparative study regarding the clinical outcome of the 2-different surgical procedures for patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM)...

To determine by ultrasound (US) the spinal canal depth (SCD) in neonates and subsequently establish a nomogram and simple formula for calculating this distance.

..There has been no previous report in the literature regarding a foreign body settling into the vertebral canal following gunshot injury without causing any bony destruction...

..Experimental study...

The development of newer and more accurate methods of identifying the structures within the spinal canal has given a much better understanding of the soft tissue structures that lie between the dura and the surrounding bone of the ..

To prospectively evaluate the feasibility, safety, and clinical utility of bone radiofrequency (RF) ablation with real-time monitoring of the spinal canal temperature for the treatment of spinal tumors adjacent to the spinal cord.

Measurements of cross sections of exit foramen and spinal canal were performed before and after placement of X Stop in physiologic postures using positional MR scanner at the stenosed level in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis.

..Pneumorachis extending through the entire spinal canal has never been reported...

..A retrospective case-control study...

b>Spinal canal dimensions are assumed to play a significant role with regard to the development of symptoms in individuals with disc herniations...

The term pneumorrhachis refers to the presence of air in the spinal canal. There are only a few previously reported cases in the literature...

..Unexpectedly, we found apparent spinal canal stenosis in the cervical spine in all affected family members who were examined...

Noninvasive measurement of the speed with which the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) velocity wave travels through the spinal canal is of interest as a potential indicator of CSF system pressure and compliance, both of which may play a role in ..

..To assess the effect of 3 different surgical approaches on paraspinal muscle atrophy in patients undergoing lumbar back surgery, we compared their pre- and postoperative CT scans and their serum Hb, CRP, and CPK levels...

..A method comparison study...

..We illustrate the method by applying it to the spinal canal. Segmentation is performed in three steps: (a) partial delineation of the anatomic structure is obtained by ..

..In the present work, a geometric and hydrodynamic characterization of an anatomically relevant spinal canal model is presented...

STUDY DESIGN: A cadaveric study was done to analyze the dimensional changes in the spinal canal and intervertebral foramen of the lumber spine with flexion and extension movements...

..CONCLUSION: This study shows a poor correlation between Pavlov's ratio and the space available for the cord. Therefore, this ratio cannot be solely relied upon to predict the area changes in that plane of the cervical spinal canal.

..SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Patients with congenital cervical spinal canal stenosis are more likely to develop cervical spondylotic myelopathy...

There have been reports of lumbar spinal canal ossification and calcification after triamcinolone intradiscal injection therapy...

..The aim of the study is to elucidate the location and amount of spinal cerebrospinal fluid pulsations and to differentiate and quantify the cardiac and the respiratory influence...

..Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is often a position-dependent condition that is aggravated in extension and relieved in flexion...

STUDY DESIGN: Prospective evaluation of spinal canal areas in 67 consecutive burst fractures between T12 and L2 treated by reduction and stabilization with a pedicle fixator...

Decompression of the spinal canal in the management of thoracolumbar trauma is controversial, but many authors have advocated decompression in patients with severe canal compromise and neurological deficits...

..Even a small tear in the spinal dura requires surgical closure to prevent herniation and entrapment of a nerve root. It is necessary to repair even small dural lacerations with no spinal fluid leakage during spinal surgery...

..Intradural extramedullary tuberculomas should be considered in the differential diagnosis of en plaque meningioma as a rare entity...

..We also discuss the significance of this entity to the trauma specialist, paying special attention to the differences between air in the subarachnoid space versus air in the epidural space...

STUDY DESIGN. Transverse areas of the spinal canal, the dural tube and the spinal cord of the cervical spine of normal adults and patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) were analyzed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)...

The dimensions of the cervical spinal canal can impact the likelihood of an individual suffering longtime effects from a spinal neck injury as well as influence recovery time...

A retrospective study was performed to evaluate the long term efficacy and safety of post-operative radiation therapy in the management of spinal canal ependymoma at our institution.

Spinal cord damage during interscalene brachial plexus block has been attributed to needle entry into the spinal canal. The purpose of this study was to identify the angles and depths of needle insertion that increase the likelihood of ..

Lesions that affect the lower clivus, foramen magnum, the craniocervical junction, and the upper cervical spinal canal that are anterolateral and at times intradural require access ventral to the cerebellum and spinal cord...

..patients undergoing surgery for cervical spinal myelopathy depends on the transsectional area of the cervical spinal canal. METHODS: Forty-five patients underwent surgery using different techniques to enlarge the width of the spinal ..

A 46-year-old woman presented with multiple neurenteric cysts in the posterior fossa and spinal canal. Neuroimaging demonstrated neurenteric cysts in the interspace between the left cerebellar hemisphere and vermis, the lateral side of ..

..The bit had entered the spinal canal below the first cervical vertebra, and placed near the odontoid peg...

..Physicians should have a low threshold for obtaining plain radiographs in patients with glass foreign bodies and consider that projectiles may rest some distance from the laceration site...

Serial motor and sensory examinations were conducted on 90 patients with bullet fragments lodged in the spinal canal. Annual follow-up examinations were completed on 66 patients...

STUDY DESIGN: An evidence-based analysis of published radiologic criteria for assessing spinal canal compromise and cord compression in patients with acute cervical spinal cord injury...

..Thus, in this study, we examined the effect of spinal stenosis on the Queckenstedt-test procedure...

..CONCLUSIONS: The Torg ratio is not a consistent indicator of the SDD and may not be used to reliably identify the presence of cervical canal stenosis...

..originating in the neck with dumb-bell extradural extension through the intervertebral foramen and into the spinal canal. The lipoma was first excised from the foramen via a posterior approach to allow decompression of the nerve ..

..Axial computed tomographic (CT) evaluation of the position of anterior vertebral body screws placed thoracoscopically in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS)...

..To prospectively evaluate the safety of radiofrequency (RF) ablation for vertebral lesions by monitoring the temperature in swine vertebral models with and without a cortical bone defect...

..This review of articles summarizes recent developments in relation to fat located in the epidural space and also in dural sleeves of spinal nerve roots in order to improve our understanding of the clinical effects of the epidural blockade...

..The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between clinical symptoms associated with LSS and osseous anterior-posterior (AP) spinal canal diameter as measured on axial magnetic resonance imaging.

..Following is this patient case report of multiple schwannomas presenting with no skin manifestations of neurofibromatosis...

..The potential for intraspinal pathology to cause scoliosis is well accepted. The incidence of spinal canal abnormalities in congenital or atypical scoliosis may be as high as 30-60%...

..tomography demonstrated pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema with multiple air bubbles within the spinal canal between the levels Th3 and Th11. Resection of bullae on the upper lobe and partial pleurectomy were performed...

STUDY DESIGN. The anatomic dimensions of the vertebral body and spinal canal of the lumbar spine were analyzed in Koreans. OBJECTIVES...

..Also, whenever intraspinal air is found in the diagnostic course of a traumatized patient, a hidden pneumothorax should be suspected and ruled out...

..magnetic resonance image used to grade patients with lumbar spinal stenosis, as compared with cross-sectional spinal canal area...

..histologic features of patients with pseudocystic lesions of the ligamentum flavum in the lumbar region of the spinal canal and ascertain the existence of genuine ligamentum flavum pseudocysts...

..Open-door expansile cervical laminoplasty is a safe, low-morbidity, decompressive procedure, and in our patients did not produce neurological deterioration...

..The cyst was successfully treated by excision of the cyst during careful intraoperative monitoring to prevent neurological damage to the conus medullaris and cauda equina...

..It is important to totally remove the synovium, which is the origin of PVNS in order to prevent the recurrence. We think that our procedure is reasonable and adequate for lumbar PVNS...

..of the thoracolumbar spine were evaluated by studying the following: 1) the cross-sectional area of the spinal canal by computed tomography scans, 2) damage to the posterior element of injured vertebra by computed tomography ..

..Traumatic spinal SAH with neurologic deficits is rare and easily misdiagnosed, especially after traumatic intracranial hemorrhage...

..This prospective observational study evaluates the benefits and risks of a posterior bisegmental transpedicular correction/fixation and staged anterior corpectomy and titanium cage implantation in unstable TL junction burst fractures...

..We are performing a new surgical technique, microsurgical posterior herniotomy with en bloc laminoplasty, for patients with myelopathy and radiculomyelopathy caused by cervical disc herniation...

..The clinical, radiological and surgical features are described. Surgery should be the treatment of choice to resolve symptoms in ligamentum flavum hematoma...

..This was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of stand-alone anterior decompression and reconstruction of unstable three-column thoracolumbar injuries, utilizing current-generation anterior spinal instrumentation...

..However, this procedure still has potential risks and should be employed with extreme caution to prevent extravasation of PMMA into the spinal canal.

..This retrospective study shows that satisfactory long-term results can be achieved in lumbar spinal stenosis with surgery adapted to the degree of instability and the degree of stenosis...

..In conclusion, specific surgical maneuvers made feasible by a simultaneous extraspinal and intraspinal exposure allow quick, safe and complete removal of lumbosacral disc herniations with paramedian and foraminal extension...

..burst fractures of the thoracolumbar spine and with a fractured posterior vertebral surface dislocated into the spinal canal without neurological symptoms were treated with the AO internal fixator...

..A pencil causing penetrating injury involving the spinal cord is very rare. We present the case of a young boy who accidentally suffered a penetrating injury involving the spinal cord from a pencil in his coat pocket...

..Only 3-5% of these lesions are entirely located in the spinal canal where they can occupy an extradural, intradural-extramedullary or intramedullary position...

..The immediate, posttraumatic NS of the 80 patients studied did not directly correlate with the percent of NCI demonstrated on their CT scans...

..Because of the long latency period, aggressive spinal surveillance should be advocated along with repeated bone scintigraphy and MRI...

..Ossification of ligamentum flavum in the thoracic region causing compressive myelopathy among middle-aged patients is a poorly described entity...

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..In the last four, the zone of adhesion of the HTHD to the dura mater was preserved, successfully preventing dural tear...

..It raises the suspicion that the dural defect giving rise to the arachnoid cyst may be due to segmental dural dysgenesis in the context of the dysrhaphic neuroectodermal malformation...

..Concomitant spinal fixation to prevent progression of spinal spondylolisthesis or cyst recurrence depends on cyst size, involvement of surrounding structures, degree of preoperative spondylolisthesis, and facet joint destruction...

..When operation is considered, intervention only from the herniation side is sufficient. It is probable that traction rather than direct compression is responsible from the emergence of contralateral symptoms...

..A radiographic review of 78 consecutive patients with degenerative rotatory lumbar scoliosis...

..In most patients with a spinal osteochondroma, the lesion causes no symptoms, or symptoms are aspecific. Therefore, there is often a significant delay between initial complaints and the diagnosis, as in the current case...

..and magnetic resonance imaging, the results of which demonstrated a pathologic overgrowth of fat tissue in the spinal canal with a marked impingement of the dural sac...

..A case report and a review of literature...

..DATA: A rare case of massive benign osteoblastoma stemming from left side lamina of C7 and extension to spinal canal from C6 to T1 resulting in spinal cord compressed severely is reported...

..These tumors are rare but can be successfully treated with surgical excision and maintenance of spinal stability with recovery of neurological and functional change. Recurrence is uncommon...

..analyze clinical results and radiographic findings in patients who underwent surgical enlargement of the lumbar spinal canal combined with resection of the posterosuperior margin underneath the slipping vertebral body for the treatment ..

..However, the relationship between laminoplasty opening size and spinal canal expansion following laminoplasty, and the comparison of postoperative spinal canal expansion between single and ..

..It tests the hypothesis that there are quantitative differences in vertebral scalloping and spinal canal and vertebral body cross-sectional areas when there is an associated additional dystrophic abnormality and ..

..It tests the hypothesis that there are quantitative differences in vertebral scalloping and spinal canal and vertebral body cross-sectional areas when there is an associated additional dystrophic abnormality, and ..

..During the RMVCs, ligament strains, spinal canal and intervertebral foramen narrowing, and vertebral artery elongation (potential injuries to neural and ..

..During the RMVCs, ligament strains, spinal canal and intervertebral foramen narrowing, and vertebral artery elongation (potential injuries to neural and ..

..Hypotheses: 1. The presence and severity of neurogenic claudication relate to both MRI spinal canal geometry and electrodiagnostic abnormalities. 2...

..electrodes in spinal canal experience relatively small movements, and thus exhibit less breakage, than the intramuscular electrodes; (2)...

..Hypotheses: 1. The presence and severity of neurogenic claudication relate to both MRI spinal canal geometry and electrodiagnostic abnormalities. 2...

The spinal epidural space is a poorly accessible site within the bony spinal canal where therapeutic interventions that affect millions of Americans are carried out each year...

..problem, Chiari Malformations (CM) (associated with downward displacement of the cerebellar tonsils into the spinal canal). Some evidence suggests that ICC plays an important role in the pathophysiology of this disorder...

..Spinal stenosis is narrowing of the spinal canal leading to compression of nerve roots...

..Spinal stenosis is narrowing of the spinal canal leading to compression of nerve roots...

..Spinal stenosis is narrowing of the spinal canal leading to compression of nerve roots...

..responses and release of algesic and neurotoxic chemicals that influence the activity of nerve cells within the spinal canal. It is hypothesized that the effects on nerve endings in disc and adjacent tissue lead to low back pain, while ..

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..The experiments under Aim 4 are designed to improve on the currently available methods of recording and analyzing the multifocal VEP. The aim is to improve the efficacy of the multifocal VEP technique in the clinic. ..

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..problem, Chiari Malformations (CM) (associated with downward displacement of the cerebellar tonsils into the spinal canal). Some evidence suggests that ICC plays an important role in the pathophysiology of this disorder...

..monkeys in which INL activity is pharmacologically dissected, b. normal human subjects, c. patients with disease of the INL, and d. mathematical work. ..

..The experiments under Aim 4 are designed to improve on the currently available methods of recording and analyzing the multifocal VEP. The aim is to improve the efficacy of the multifocal VEP technique in the clinic. ..

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..This four year program should significantly improve the already rich culture of scholarship at NUHS. ..

..Although stenosis causes neurogenic claudication, spinal canal size does not accurately predict the severity of symptoms...

..The results of this study will be used to increase understanding of the mechanism of action of lumbar side posture adjusting and side-posture positioning in acute LBP patients. ..