A Cobb angle measurement, the angle between upper end plate of T5 and lower end plate of T12, higher than 40 degrees known as kyphosis. Although various etiologies cause kyphosis, the best-known form, Scheuermann’s kyphosis causes disorder in sagittal balance. Surgery should be considered for persistent pain despite conservative treatment, progressive neurological deficits and cosmetic reasons....

PURPOSE To characterize mass and density changes of lung parenchyma in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients following midtreatment resolution of atelectasis and to quantify the impact this large geometric change has on normal tissue dose. METHODS Baseline and midtreatment CT images and contours were obtained for 18 NSCLC patients with atelectasis. Patients were classified based on atel...

beside developing strategies, success of organizations depends on alignment of strategies. one of the important functional areas in which companies develop strategies is operation. alignment of operation strategies is called horizontal alignment. the aim of this article is to present a model for alignment of operation strategies. to this end, an original algorithm has been presented by which ho...

preset study is conducted to evaluate strategic alignment between business and it in the view of organizational managers. present study has used luftman’s model on strategic alignment maturity and gartlen & shenks’ factors to promote alignment in order to evaluate alignment. research statistical population consists of managers at high education planning and research institute. no sampling is co...

Chiropractic is a healthcare discipline that focuses upon the diagnosis and treatment of problems that affect the alignment of the muscles and bones of the body. According to the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NCBE), 2.7 million visits are made each year in the United States to chiropractors for scoliosis and scoliosis-related complaints [1]. Despite the frequency with which chiropra...

The diameter of myelinated axons is a critical neurophysiological parameter that scales with nerve conduction velocity. In the spinal cord, axons are somatotopically organized into distinct anatomical regions performing specific functions, and characterized by different diameters and diameter distributions. Measuring axon diameters can shed light on nerve function and pathology. In this study w...

OBJECTIVE A prospective clinical follow-up study of patients who underwent thoracolumbar intraspinal surgery with replacement of the posterior spinal arch and supporting elements is reported. PATIENTS AND METHODS The surgical procedures of 45 patients who underwent intraspinal surgery with osteotomy and replacement of 122 spinal laminae using an air drill and mini-plates with repair of the su...

We recently showed that, after traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI), laminectomy does not improve intraspinal pressure (ISP), spinal cord perfusion pressure (SCPP), or the vascular pressure reactivity index (sPRx) at the injury site sufficiently because of dural compression. This is an open label, prospective trial comparing combined bony and dural decompression versus laminectomy. Twenty-one pa...