In the book ”Contemporary Endoscopic Spine Surgery”, edited by Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Jorge Felipe Ramírez León, and Anthony Yeung, information on history of spinal endoscopy is provided. A number aspects surgery are covered, in particular pain, preoperative examination, indications for endoscopic surgery, anesthesia, outpatient surgery. New technologies described. Leading scientists presented c...

Tuberculosis of spine is common in a developing country like India. However, involvement of spine at multiple levels along with involvement of rib and tubercular breast abscess in an immunocompetent patient without any pulmonary involvement is extremely rare. Here we report a case of 53-year-old immunocompetent lady who presented with quadriparesis and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) of spine ...

A 9-month-old girl was evaluated in our emergency room for 1 03°F fever and decreased activity. Three weeks earlier, at another hospital , the patient had been treated with antibiotics and skin grafting for secondand third-degree scald burns. On the current admission, a nonfluctuant neck swelling was noted, but otherwise the results of the physical and neurologic examinations were normal. WBC w...

Background. Deep surgical site infection (DSSI) is one of the most severe complications in spinal surgery. The timing and nature DSSI are determining criteria choice treatment tactics. uniqueness clinical observation combination early DSSI, epidural abscess angular kyphotic deformity formed after a course conservative antibacterial therapy patient who underwent surgery for degenerative-dystroph...

Cervical radiculopathy describes pain in one or both of the upper extremities, often in the setting of neck pain, secondary to compression or irritation of nerve roots in the cervical spine. It can be accompanied by motor, sensory, or reflex deficits and is most prevalent in persons 50 to 54 years of age. Cervical radiculopathy most often stems from degenerative disease in the cervical spine. T...

The aim of management of injury of the spinal cord, if feasible, is to reduce the occuring neurologic deficit and protect any additional loss of neurologic function. Most of complications are noted during the peroperative or immediate postoperative period. Dysphagia is common occurance in the early postoperative period following anterior cervical spine surgery. There are many reasons that lead ...

background: forward head posture (fhp) is recognized as a common postural disorder of modern societies. increase in anterior cervical convexity and anterior displacement of the line of gravity of head in individuals with fhp is assumed to result in altered moment arms and muscle activity on cervical spine. measurement of muscle thickness seems to be an appropriate index for muscle activity. thi...

INTRODUCTION Ventral cervical spinal epidural abscess is a very rare clinical condition with a relatively high morbidity and mortality. Due to the paucity of reported cases there is heterogeneity and no clear "gold standard" in the treatment of these patients. OBJECTIVE The authors report four consecutive patients with ventral cervical spinal epidural abscess treated with anterior cervical di...

background & importance: disc herniation is defined as the prolapsed of material disc into the spinal canal. if the disc fragment is free in spinal canal, it is called sequestration disc fragment. occasionally, alteration in sequestration disc fragment makes the diagnosis of the disc herniation, challenging. case presentation: we reviewed a rare case of the cervical sequestrated disc herniation...