Thirdly, The large majority of our cases belong to the class of chronic 01* sub-acute posterior basic meningitis. These, which occur mostly in young babies, run a course varying in duration from 3 weeks to about 3 months in the fatal cases. They are due, as Dr G. F. Still showed in 1898, to a special diplococcus, and this organism is now believed by most authorities to be practically identical ...

The use of titanium cages for posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) has gained popularity because it offers the advantages of anterior column support and stabilization. However, cage migration into the spinal canal may have severe or disastrous consequences. Here, the authors report an unexpected case of posterior migration of fusion cages after screw removal in a patient that underwent PLIF...

Osseous bridging between lumbar transverse processes is an uncommon condition that may cause low back pain. In most cases, its etiology is alleged to be trauma to the back and only rarely has a congenital origin been indicated. Furthermore, most reported cases involved adults, the majority of whom were middle-aged. Here, the authors describe the case of the youngest girl reported to date with c...

Disability secondary to disorders of the spine is a significant problem worldwide. In the USA, there has been a recent surge in the costs associated with caring for spinal pathology; from 1997 to 2005, there was a growth of 65% in healthcare expenditures on spinal disease, totalling $86 billion in 2005. Increasingly, there has been media and public scrutiny over the rapid rise in the volume of ...

Minimally invasive techniques for lumbar interbody fusion have become increasingly popular recently. A limitation of these procedures is the restricted field of view, which requires a thorough understanding of the three-dimensional spinal landmarks and appropriate technical skills. We outline the operative steps used in said cases and provide illustrative video and figures.

In some lumbar disc herniation patients, noninvasive measures fail, necessitating more aggressive treatment, such as epidural steroid injections or surgery. This study sought to determine whether improvement in patients who receive epidural steroid injections is related to regression of herniated nucleus pulposus or whether such patients' symptoms decrease because of the steroid effect in the p...

The transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block is a novel approach for blocking the abdominal wall neural afferents via the bilateral lumbar triangles of Petit. It was described for the first time in 2007 by McDonnell et al. We applied the technique after the original methodology of the authors. We evaluated its analgesic efficacy first 24 postoperative hours of patients, undergoing to surgical an...

Intradural lumbar disk herniation is an uncommon occurrence in the natural course and clinical spectrum of lumbar disk disease. The reported cases suggest an incidence of 0.13%. This case report presents some of the commonly occurring clinical and radiographic findings in intradural lumbar disk herniation, including those of CT. It also demonstrates the importance of metrizamide-enhanced CT in ...