In the past several decades methods have been developed to stabilize the subaxial cervical spine both posteriorly and anteriorly. Methods of posterior stabilization have progressed from interspinous wiring, through facet wiring and sublaminar wiring, to the lateral mass screws with plates and rods that are in use today. Plates for anterior stabilization have evolved from rigid plates requiring ...

1Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Neurosurgery, “Sapienza” University of Rome, 00181 Rome, Italy 2Department of Neurosurgery, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy 3Department of Neurosurgery, Civil Hospital of Alessandria, 15121 Alessandria, Italy 4Department of Neuroscience, Neurosurgery, Imperial College, Charing Cross Hospital, London SW72AZ, UK 5Department of Neurosurgery, K...

The aims of spinal tuberculosis treatment are to eradicate the disease, to prevent the development of paraplegia and kyphotic deformity, to manage the existing deformity and neurological deficit, to allow early ambulation and to return the patient back to daily life. Methods for the treatment of tuberculosis of vertebra are still controversial. Conservative treatment includes medical therapy as...

AIM Many studies are available in the literature on posterior spinal instrumentation, though the use of a rod and a plate is still controversial in the literature. In this study, a finite element analysis of the strength and superiority of modular rigid plate and rod systems, which are used in the lower lumbar region, in comparison with each other was used. MATERIAL AND METHODS A Ti6Al4V (Gra...

Significant progress has been made in image-guided surgery (IGS) over the last few decades. IGS can be effectively applied to spinal instrumentation surgery. In the present study, we focused our attention on the feasibility and safety of image-guided spine stabilization for traumatic or osteoporotic spine injury. The IGS spine fixation with or without minimally invasive surgery (MIS) techniques...