Intradural lumbar disc herniation is a rare complication of disease. The mechanism by which herniated tears the dura matter remains unknown. preoperative diagnosis an intradural still difficult. We report our experience dealing with case at level L3/4 in 34-year-old man. Based on current experience, we found that attachment ventral to posterior longitudinal ligament can be favorable factor indi...

STUDY DESIGN Case report. OBJECTIVE The authors present the case of a 14-year-old boy with Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome (RSTS) presenting scoliosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA There have been no reports on surgery for RSTS presenting scoliosis. METHODS The patient was referred to our hospital for evaluation of a progressive spinal curvature. A standing anteroposterior spine radiograph at pre...

BACKGROUND Spinal deformities in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome are usually progressive and may require operative treatment. There is limited number of studies describing late results of surgery in this disease. METHODS This is a retrospective study of the records of 11 patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV, treated surgically between 1990 and 2007. All patients underwent surgical treatment fo...

Recent concern regarding the safety of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) in spine surgery has increased awareness of a possible broad spectrum of adverse sequelae of this biologic. However, the impact of BMP-2 on postoperative osteolysis in the setting of lateral lumbar interbody fusion needs to be comprehensively evaluated. Three cases of significant osteolysis within the ...

purpose: to evaluate the clinical manifestations and results of lensectomy in patients with hereditary lens subluxation at labbafinejad medical center, tehran-iran from 1996 t 2003. method: in an interventional case series, records of patients with hereditary lens subluxation who had undergone lensectomy were reviewed. patients with at least 6 months of follow up were included. background disea...

Either general or regional anesthesia can be used for spine surgery. Spine surgery involves acomplex procedure. The aim of a spine surgeon for doing a good surgery requires a clear and bloodless field especially in procedures done under microscope. As the working space is less a small epidural bleed can cause further complications in surgery. Another aspect is to take care of post operative ana...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Lumbar facet joint syndrome is currently suggested to be a main source of axial low back pain, and a large portion of axial low back pain is caused by disorders in lumbar facet joints. Intra-articular injection is one of the most common treatment methods in the early clinical application. Therefore, we attempt to seek a new injectable material, autologous platelet rich...

Tethered cord syndrome (TCS) is spinal cord fixation from multiple pathological entities. No case of TCShas been reported in our region. The goal of this case report was to describe a TCS managed at the Douala General hospital. Mrs. EEL, 23 year old consulted in 2012 for urinary and fecal incontinence. She had a past history of a spina bifida at birth operated on day two of life. On admission, ...

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the most common surgery performed for symptomatic gallstones. However even after surgery, symptoms may persist in some patients. Various causes for such post-cholecystectomy syndrome have been noted. We report our experience of seven such patients with post-cholecystectomy syndrome where on investigations, presence of stone in the biliary tree could be confirmed ...