This paper describes seven patients who developed late vertebral deformity after flexion injuries of the cervical spine. In four the clinical and radiological features were subtle and because the patients walked into an emergency department the severity of the injury was not initially appreciated. Certain specific clinical and radiological features of flexion injury are described and emphasis i...

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (A.I.S.) is a three dimensional deformity of the spine defined as a series of vertebral segments placed in extension, which deflect and axially rotate towards the same side. It represents the combination of torsional regions joined by junctional zones. Established biological risk factors of A.I.S. are growth velocity and potential residual spinal growth assessed ...

Scoliosis is a structural lateral curvature of the spine with a rotatory component. Imaging in scoliosis is important. Most cases of scoliosis are idiopathic, and imaging is used routinely in monitoring the changes of the deformity that take place during growth. Imaging is also crucial in determining the underlying etiology in non-idiopathic cases of scoliosis and is used in pre- and postoperat...

A 2-year-old boy presented to us with history of inability to walk without support. There was no associated wasting or history of cuts and burns on lower limbs. He seemed unable to detect the urge to urinate or defecate. There was no history of deformity of feet, limbs or spine. On examination of spine, the spinous processes could not be felt in lumbar region. The power in lower limbs was 3–4/5...

This study is to identify the characteristics of BMD and the related clinical consequences through a nationwide, consecutive, cross-sectional study. A total of 1,281 postmenopausal women was enrolled nationwide and underwent measurement for BMD using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry. Following the T-spine and L-spine plane radiography, they were evaluated for vertebral fracture by a semi-quanti...

PURPOSE Vertebral compression fractures are the most common fractures in the elderly. Long lasting pain and deformity is responsible for consecutive impairment with markedly reduced life quality, increased morbidity and mortality. The beneficial effects of balloon kyphoplasty are verified in many studies. Subsequent fracture risk is not finally clarified, cement related risks and deformity rela...

STUDY DESIGN  Retrospective cohort studyObjective: To describe the outcome and resource use in major spine surgery on high-risk patients, and analyze possible differences between two surgical departments. METHODS  Data from the deformity register and medical records of 136 patients, median age 12-years, with neuromuscular and congenital spinal deformities with and without intraspinal patholog...

INTRODUCTION The development of cervical deformity, such as kyphosis, may be secondary to advanced degenerative disease, trauma, neoplastic disease, or postsurgical changes. Cervical kyphosis may develop after either ventral or dorsal approaches. After ventral cervical surgery, kyphosis may result from pseudarthrosis or the failure to restore adequate lordosis. Following dorsal surgery, kyphosi...

One of the most urgent and socially significant problems modern medicine is widespread occurrence orthopedic pathology, among which leading place occupied by diseases spine, accompanied a steady increase in pain vertebrogenic syndromes that affect functioning child's body as whole. The prevalence this nosological form children, according to various population studies, ranges from 0.42 37%. Sche...

Background According to reports of the German Public Health Department, up to 80% of the children suffer on postural weakness. Most of them develop during the adolescent growth severe spine diseases like scoliosis. In case of slight postural deformity, patients are able to influence actively the posture of the spine by physiotherapy and training of stance and behaviour [1]. In advanced cases th...