Orthopedics

• Feature Article

• Role of Hematologic Laboratory Studies in the Postoperative Management of Patients Undergoing Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion

• Orthopedics, June 2012, Volume 35 Issue 6
• Anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion is a common spinal procedure. Over time, complications and hospital stay have decreased. However, to the authors’...More »

• Feature Article

• Diagnostic Performance of the Urinary Deoxypyridinoline in Spinal Tuberculosis

• Orthopedics, June 2012, Volume 35 Issue 6
• This study investigated the diagnostic significance of urinary deoxypyridinoline measurement as a screening tool for spinal tuberculosis in patients with...More »

• Case Report

• Thoracic Vertebral Body Fracture After Total Hip Replacement in Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis

• Orthopedics, June 2012, Volume 35 Issue 6
• This article describes the critical clinical sequelae of a patient with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis who sustained an acute iatrogenic...More »

• Case Report

• Vertebral Locking Lesion Following Cervical Spine Fracture in Ankylosing Spondylitis

• Orthopedics, June 2012, Volume 35 Issue 6
• Spine fractures in patients with ankylosing spondylitis frequently extend to all 3 columns, which can lead to displacement and deformity with severe...More »

• Industry News

• EOS system presented at SpineWeek

• May 31, 2012
• EOS imaging introduced its ultra-low dose 2-D/3-D EOS system at SpineWeek 2012.
  According to a company press release, the EOS system allows for a single,...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Randomized kyphoplasty trial equates clinical results with improved kyphosis

• May 31, 2012
• AMSTERDAM — Balloon kyphoplasty results demonstrated greater improvements in physical component summary scores compared with nonoperative management...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Implant-related pain, failure seen with early lumbar disc replacement device

• May 30, 2012
• AMSTERDAM — More than one-third of patients treated with one of the first lumbar disc replacement devices underwent revision procedures for...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Comparable patient satisfaction after decompression or fusion for lumbar degenerative scoliosis

• Orthopaedics Today Europe [Archives], Issue 4
• AMSTERDAM — Among adult patients with lumbar degenerative scoliosis in the European Spine Tango Registry who were treated with decompression, fusion...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Consider gender in selection of patients with lower back pain for fusion surgery

• May 29, 2012
• AMSTERDAM — Although some research suggests a woman’s risk of a suboptimal outcome following lumbar spine surgery is many times higher than a man’s...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Cervical intervertebral disc allografting helped preserve spine motion, stability

• Orthopaedics Today Europe [Archives], Issue 4
• AMSTERDAM — Results of a prospective pilot study of cervical intervertebral disc allograft transplantations performed in 24 patients indicate there...More »

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