Spinal disorders, quality-based healthcare and spinal registers

Spinal disorders, quality-based healthcare and spinal registers

© 2015 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the Nordic Orthopedic Federation. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) DOI 10.3109/17453674.2015.1072431 In this issue of Acta Orthopaedica 2 articles (Clement et al. 2015, van Hooff et al. 2015) repres...

Spinal Cord Disorders

Spinal cord disorders encompass a wide range of pathologic entities and affect all age groups. Some spinal cord disorders may have catastrophic outcomes if they are not recognized early in the clinical course. The ultimate neurologic outcome with many of these disorders may depend on expeditious recognition in the emergency department (ED), with appropriate initial investigations, neuroimaging,...

Biomechanics of Degenerative Spinal Disorders.

The spine has several important functions including load transmission, permission of limited motion, and protection of the spinal cord. The vertebrae form functional spinal units, which represent the smallest segment that has characteristics of the entire spinal column. Discs and paired facet joints within each functional unit form a three-joint complex between which loads are transmitted. Surr...

Zinc levels of cerebro-spinal fluid in neonatal period and its relationship with seizure disorders

Abstract Background: Convulsion in neonatal period is a considerable clinical issue because of its potential brain damage.One of the benign neonatal seizures known as the  fifth day fits ,is due to zinc deficiency. Zinc is a rare element which has spread throughout the body fluids and tissues especially central nervous system. Reduction of neurons’ stimulation has been ascribed as the main eff...

Spinal Disorders in the Aging Population