Spinal loop rectangle and sub laminar wiring as a technique for scoliosis correction

Sub-Laminar Wiring in Spinal Fractures – A Viable Alternative

Safety and efficacy of spinal loop rectangle and sublaminar wires for osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture fixation

BACKGROUND Natural history of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs), that is, collapse, loads the rigid pedicle screw rod construct in the absence of anterior column reconstruction, often leading to implant back outs. Semi rigid spinal loop rectangle and sublaminar wire construct allows controlled axial collapse and does not require anterior column reconstruction. MATERIALS AND...

Spinal cord monitoring during operative correction of neuromuscular scoliosis.

We report our experience of the monitoring of spinal somatosensory evoked potentials in 60 patients with neuromuscular scoliosis. In 15 cases a significant change occurred in the trace when a sublaminar wire was tightened. There were no postoperative neurological deficits attributable to the surgery.

Spinal curves and scoliosis.

Scoliosis, an abnormal side-to-side curve of the spine with associated vertebral rotation, affects as many as 4% of all adolescents. Several different categories of scoliosis exist, and treatment can range from observation and follow-up to bracing and surgical correction. This article discusses special imaging series for scoliosis and emphasizes the need for proper radiation protection techniqu...

A multi-level local defect correction technique for laminar flame simulation

We present a numerical algorithm to solve the low-Mach number approximation of the conservation laws for laminar flames. Elements of our algorithm are a pressure correction (PC) method to decouple the computation of velocity and pressure, and a multi-level local defect correction (LDC) method to solve the resulting set of (non)linear boundary value problems. The PC method is based on a constrai...