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Björn Strömqvist
Neurosurgery
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Determinants of patient satisfaction after surgery for central spinal stenosis without concomitant spondylolisthesis: a register study of 5100 patients
Satisfaction with the outcome of treatment is a widely used outcome measure but information about the determinants of patient satisfaction after surgery for central spinal stenosis (CSS) are lacking. The aim o...
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Gender differences in the surgical treatment of lumbar disc herniation in elderly
Outcome after lumbar disc herniation (LDH) surgery in middle-aged patient is usually reported to fulfill the criteria for successful outcome. It is also known that women in these years have an inferior outcome...
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Lumbar disc herniation surgery in children: outcome and gender differences
Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) in children is rare. Few studies have evaluated the outcome of surgery and none in a prospective study design.
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Gender differences in patients scheduled for lumbar disc herniation surgery: a National Register Study including 15,631 operations
Previous studies have shown gender differences in preoperative status and outcome of spine surgery. This study explores whether gender differences in preoperative demographics exist in patients scheduled for l...
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Open AccessSwespine: the Swedish spine register
Swespine, the Swedish National Spine Register, has existed for 20 years and is in general use within the country since over 10 years regarding degenerative lumbar spine disorders. Today there are protocols for...
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Dural lesions in decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis: incidence, risk factors and effect on outcome
Decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis is one of the most frequent operations on the spine today. The most common complication seems to be a peroperative dural lesion. There are few prospective studies on th...
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Dural lesions in lumbar disc herniation surgery: incidence, risk factors, and outcome
In lumbar disc herniation surgery, dural lesions seem to be the most common complication today. Studies on incidence of and outcome after a dural lesion are mainly based on retrospective studies. In a prospect...
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Open AccessThe Swedish Spine Register: development, design and utility
The Swedish Spine Register enables monitoring of surgical activities focusing on changes in trends over time, techniques utilized and outcome, when implemented in general clinical practice. Basic requirements ...
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Early neuromuscular customized training after surgery for lumbar disc herniation: a prospective controlled study
A prospective and controlled study of training after surgery for lumbar disc herniation (LDH). The objective was to determine the effect of early neuromuscular customized training after LDH surgery. No consens...
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A practical approach to spine registers in Europe: the Swedish experience
Today there is growing awareness among spine surgeons of the advantages in using registers to facilitate the analyses and reporting of treatment outcome. The Swedish Spine register is among the first to be use...
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Temporary external pedicular fixation versus definitive bony fusion: a prospective comparative study on pain relief and function
Temporary external pedicular fixation is used as a prognostic instrument when treating degenerative conditions with spinal fusion. We studied the validity of the method and whether a functional test could imp...
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A method to evaluate the in vivo behaviour of lumbar spine implants
The aim of the study was to design a method for evaluating the stabilizing effect of different lumbar spine implants in vivo, and to apply this method to a comparison of plates versus rods in lumbar spine pos...
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Acute thermal nerve root injury
Bone cement is sometimes used for vertebral body reconstruction following tumor removal. During such procedures, the polymerization of the methyl-metacrylate in the bone cement generates heat. Such temperature...
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Low risk for vertebral slip** after decompression with facet joint preserving technique for lumbar spinal stenosis
L'existence et l'amplitude du glissement vertébral après décompression pour sténose lombaire centrale a été déterminée dans une étude prospective portant sur une série continue de 60 patients. L'âge moyen des ...
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Contrast-enhanced MRI versus myelography and contrast-enhanced CT in postdiskectomy problems
Il est essentiel de faire la part entre la fibrose cicatricielle et une hernie discale au cours des récidives symptomatiques survenant après une discectomie lombaire, car la réintervention pour une fibrose cic...
