In order to describe the incidence and existing variants of congenital anomalies of the atlas vertebrae in a Caucasian population, we examined 1069 CT scans of the upper cervical spine. We found 41 cases with altered atlas vertebrae, representing 3.8% of all analyzed patients. With 83% of all found anomalies, the predominant type is characterized by a small dorsal cleft (3.2% of all patients). ...

We studied MR images of the spine in a consecutive series of 100 patients with acute compression of the spinal cord due to metastases. All patients had documented neurological deficit and histologically proven carcinoma. MRI was used to localise bony metastatic involvement and soft-tissue impingement of the cord. A systematic method of documenting metastatic involvement is described. A total of...

BACKGROUND Intervertebral disc calcification is a rare condition in children; in most cases, it is asymptomatic and therefore not diagnosed. CASE REPORTS In our study, we present a case of idiopathic intervertebral disc calcification within the cervical segment, at the level of C2/C3 and C4/C5 vertebrae in a 5-year-old girl with torticollis. Basic neurological examination supplemented by X-ra...

Transitional lumbosacral vertebrae in the form of SI lumbarization and LV sacralization are classified as spinal anomalies. In domestic medical literature, there few publications devoted to these pathological conditions. course a study available literature on problem transitional vertebrae, it was found that frequency cases diagnosis ranges from 4 30% clinical cases. The share patients with lum...

The presence of a prevalent vertebral deformity increases the risk of a future vertebral fracture. The aim of this study was to determine whether certain characteristics of the prevalent deformity, including its shape and location in the spine, influenced this effect. The 3100 men and 3500 women who took part in this analysis were recruited from population registers for participation in the Eur...

Study Design A prospective cohort study. Objective Decompression and fusion of cervical vertebrae is a combined procedure that has a high success rate in relieving radicular symptoms and stabilizing or improving cervical myelopathy. However, fusion may lead to increased motion of the adjacent vertebrae and cervical deformity. Both have been postulated to lead to adjacent segment pathology (ASP)...

We report three patients having transoral fusion at C2/3 or C3/4 after fractures, with no infections or surgical complications and sound union. The operative technique and the relative merits of different approaches to the upper cervical spine are discussed and the transoral approach to the anterior aspect of the upper three cervical vertebrae is commended to the specialist surgeon.

Material and methods Prospective comparative study in Centre des Massues (Lyon). Study of a group of 10 adolescents aged 10 to 15 for whom a 3D spine analysis was made before and after brace treatment, using Optispine software. The parameters of interest were correction of the Cobb angle, sagittal curves, and plane of maximal deformation (percentage of vertebrae in the plane, rotation, flexion,...

Metastatic disease commonly occurs in the spine and incidence is likely to increase secondary to improved survival rates in many cancer patients. Despite published research on instability in patients with metastatic disease of the thoracolumbar spine, controversy exists regarding risk factors for instability and indications for surgical stabilization. The objective of this systematic review was...

Deepening and generalization of existing knowledge about rare diseases congenital anomalies are becoming relevant in modern medical practice. Understanding the features prenatal morphogenesis spine spinal cord, as well postnatal changes cartilaginous spine, is necessary to interpret severity pathologies predict their complications. The purpose study was analyze summarize information sources sci...