Spondylodiscitis is an uncommon infection of the intervertebral disc and vertebra with incidence between 0.2-2.4/100,000 annually. Severe cases can lead to spinal epidural abscess compressive neurological syndromes.

Vertebroplasty, a medical procedure for treating vertebral fractures, requires practitioners to inject bone cement inside the vertebra using cannula attached syringe. The required injection force must be small enough practitioner apply it by hand while remaining stable controlled injection. Several factors could make unintuitive practitioners, one of them being non-Newtonian nature cement. visc...

The anatomy of the first vertebra, namely atlas, has significant clinical implications. Atlas is situated between occipital bone and second cervical vertebra (axis) one main points head movement. Most congenital anomalies are diagnosed incidentally during imaging investigations can be associated with spine anomalies. neurological symptoms may include weakness in four limbs, acute neurologic def...

Genetic relationships of measures of residual feed intake and daily feed intake with serum IGF-I concentrations at 8 wk of age and at 105 kg of BW, serum leptin concentration at 105 kg of BW, meat quality, and different fat accumulation traits on 834 Duroc pigs in 7 generations were estimated. Two measures of residual feed intake were estimated from the differences between actual and predicted ...

To cite: Neelakantan S, Anandarajan R, Shyam K, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2016217121 DESCRIPTION A 30-year-old woman presented to the orthopaedics outpatient department with low back pain (LBP) for 4 weeks, not relieved on medications. She had no known comorbidities. On examination, there was movement restriction of the lower spine and...