BACKGROUND Pain relief obtained with spinal cord stimulation (SCS) in failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) has been shown to be more effective with paddle leads than with percutaneous catheters. A laminectomy is generally required to implant the paddles, but the surgical approach may lead to iatrogenic spinal instability in flexion. In contrast, clinical and experimental data showed that a lamin...

AIM Spinal epidural fibrosis is an inherent result of surgical trauma after laminectomy. The conditions in which epidural fibrosis is excessive are in the etiology of failed back syndrome. There have been many attempts to prevent formation of epidural fibrosis. Bevacizumab which is an anti-angiogenic medication, inhibits the effect of VEGF and thereby decreases the new blood vessel formation an...

AIM One of the most significant reasons for persistent low back pain experienced after spinal surgery is epidural fibrosis seen after laminectomy procedures. This study shows the effects of Ranibizumab on spinal epidural fibrosis in the laminectomy area by blocking the effect of vascular endothelial growth factor. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty Wistar rats were used in this study. Rats were divi...

BACKGROUND Postlaminectomy peridural fibrosis is inevitable. Some studies have compared and identified the effects of high molecular weight hyaluronic acids (HMWHA) and low molecular weight hyaluronic acids (LMWHA) on peridural fibrosis in postlaminectomy animal models. However, no studies have been found that compare pain behaviors between hyaluronic acids or among hyaluronic acids and other s...

Laminectomy membrane formation in dogs: Is the answer still elusive? Spinal disease is common in dogs and is frequently associated with devastating neurological deficits. The acute paraplegic patient is a large part of the case-load in many neurology referral centres, and is most commonly the chrondrodystrophoid dog with a Hansen type I (Hansen, 1952) thoracolumbar disc herniation. Laminectomy ...

background and importance: pseudomeningocele is a rare complication of spine surgery, and it is the collection of cerebrospinal fluid in paraspinal tissues. giant pseudomeningoceles are still rare, and very few cases have been reported in literature. it is usually occult in presentation, and patients do not have any symptoms ascribable to it. case presentation: we came across two symptomatic pa...

Study Design Case report. Objective Synovial cysts in the subaxial cervical spine are rare and are most commonly reported at the cervicothoracic junction. Only six cases of symptomatic C5-C6 synovial cysts have been reported in the literature; the condition is usually treated with decompressive laminectomy. We present a patient with a synovial cyst arising from the C5-C6 facet joint, associated...

Objective: This study aims to identify the key factors influencing functional outcomes in patients with surgically treated space-occupying spinal meningiomas (SM), specifically focusing on role of intraoperative neuromonitoring determining these outcomes. Methodology: retrospective analysis included a substantial number patients. We conducted comprehensive examination pre- and postoperative rec...