Imaging assessment of the postoperative spine is complex and depends on many factors. Postoperative imaging studies evaluate the position of implants, adequacy of decompression, fusion status, and potential complications. This article provides a review of various imaging techniques, with their advantages and disadvantages, for the evaluation of the postoperative spine. It also gives an overview...

The occurrence of airway obstruction following the posterior approach for cervical spine surgery is not widely recognised. This potentially disastrous complication should be anticipated and the anaesthetic management of airway should be planned accordingly. We present this case report of massive laryngeal oedema following an elective cervical spine decompression surgery via the posterior approa...

To investigate the effect of PLIF and after rigid fixation on adjacent segment and subjacent mechanical instability moreover under loading adjacent and subjacent segment mechanical behavior. Eleven fresh-frozen lamb lumbar spines (Sacrum-T12) were loaded, in axial, flexion-extension, right-left bending directions. All specimens were tested intact and after implantation with posterior pedicle sc...

Atlantoaxial facet joints have been proposed as the center of mobility and also center for instability of the atlantoaxial region. Because of the high mobility of the atlantoaxial (C1-C2) motion segment, fusion rates at this level have been substantially lower than those at the subaxial spine. The success of craniovertebral junction surgery depends on adequate reduction, decompression of cranio...

© AME Medical Journal. All rights reserved. AME Med J 2017;2:142 amj.amegroups.com Degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS) usually happens at lower lumbar levels (more commonly at L4–5) with the degree of slip is Meyerding classification type 1 or 2. Rarely DS has Meyerding type 3 or more slip. DS is usually a combination of facet hypertrophy and thickening of ligamentum flavum that leads to spinal...

With improved treatments and increasingly life expectancy, the burden of metastatic disease in the spine is expected to rise. The role of conventional surgery for spinal metastases is well established but often involves procedures of large magnitude. We describe minimally invasive techniques for spinal stabilization and decompression in patients with symptomatic metastatic disease of the spine.

A finite element model was used to compare the biomechanical properties of a novel anterior transpedicular screw artificial vertebral body system (AVBS) with a conventional anterior screw plate system (ASPS) for fixation in the lower cervical spine. A model of the intact cervical spine (C3-C7) was established. AVBS or ASPS constructs were implanted between C4 and C6. The models were loaded in t...

BACKGROUND We present a review of the results of the current surgical management of acute cervical spine injuries in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. This is the first detailed retrospective study on the surgical management of patients with cervical spine injuries from Nigeria. METHODS The medical reports of patients with traumatic cervical spine and spinal cord injuries undergo...

STUDY DESIGN This case report details the diagnosis and treatment of a 12-year-old boy with progressive paraparesis from monostotic fibrous dysplasia of the thoracic spine. OBJECTIVES The authors discuss their experience in the context of previous reports to recommend the optimal management of this disease. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Isolated vertebral involvement with fibrous dysplasia is ...