INTRODUCTION Disc arthroplasty has been shown to provide short-term clinical results that are comparable with those attained with traditional anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. One proposed benefit of arthroplasty is the ability to prevent or delay adjacent level operations by retaining motion at the target level and eliminating abnormal adjacent activity. This paper compares motion param...

Introduction: Submandibular tracheal intubation is a technique that can be applied in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Traumatology, as well other surgical specialties. Its main advantages are helping the manipulation of middle facial skeleton jaw allowing intraoperative control dental occlusion. The an alternative to elective tracheostomy. Objective case report: article presents treatment adult ...

Study Design: Clinical case report. Objectives: To describe a physical therapy program addressing impairments of the upper thoracic and cervical spine region for an individual with a whiplash-associated disorder. Background: A 32-year-old female with complaint of diffuse posterior cervical and upper thoracic region pain was evaluated 2 weeks following a motor vehicle accident. The patient repor...

OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship between anthropometric measurements and disease activity, functional capacity, quality of life and radiology in Spanish patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). PATIENTS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was made of 842 patients with definite ankylosing spondylitis (REGISPONSER). Sociodemographic data, spinal mobility measurements, Bath AS disease a...

During insertion of the double lumen tube in patients with ankylosing spondylitis, cervical neutral position should be maintained to avoid vertebral and spinal injuries. Although flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopic intubation is the gold standard, available FOB size is not compatible with that of the endobronchial lumen of the double lumen tube. This problem should be solved according to institut...

An 8-year-old female Persian cat with a gait disorder was brought to our hospital. Pelvic limb mobility had gradually reduced over the preceding 3 months, then rapidly deteriorated 2 weeks before consultation. Signs also occurred in the thoracic limbs. With a tentative diagnosis of neural disease, magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography were performed. T1-weighted imaging showed isoi...

STUDY DESIGN A biomechanical comparison among the intact C2 to C7 segments, the C5 to C6 segments implanted with fusion cage, and three different artificial disc replacements (ADRs) by finite element (FE) model creation reflecting the entire cervical spine below C2. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to analyze the biomechanical changes in subaxial cervical spine after ADR and to verify the ...

background with the advent of hystroscopic surgery, abnormalities confined to the uterine cavity such as endometrial polyps, submucous myomas, uterine septae and synechia , were supposed to be treated effectively. diagnostic hysteroscopy is the gold standard for investigating the intrauterine diseases as it allows for biopsy and removal of lesions. objectives forty premenopausal women without t...

our case was a 48-year-old man with cervical pain radiatingto the upper limbs. imaging showed an intradural tumor with extradural component encasing the vertebral artery.thetumor diagnosed asa neurinomaand had been removed surgically.the post operationmagnetic resonance imagingshowed that the tumor was completely removed andthe vertebral arterywas intact at theentire length.the goal of surgery ...