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Anatomy of the Subaxial Cervical Spine
The cervical spine is a deep anatomical structure centrally located in the axial view of the neck and surrounded by a thick and powerful muscular compartment. It is surrounded and contained by the deep layer o...
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Exemplificative Cases in Cervical Spine
Fourteen-year-old female, progressive neck pain in the nuchal area radiating to the head with painful contracture of the right paraspinal musculature. Pain was unrelated to weight-bearing and was increasing du...
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Cervical Spine Instrumentation
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is often used as a surgical treatment for cervical degenerative disorders. Numerous long-term follow-up studies have shown that is effective in case of cervical m...
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Surgical Planning in Cervical Spine Oncologic Patients
Primary bone tumors of the spine are very rare [1]; they comprise only 10 % or less of all bone tumors. In the United States, about 7,500 new cases are estimated per year. The overall world occurrence can be e...
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Posterior Approach to Cervical Spine
In the neck, the spine takes up the mid-part of the cross-sectional area, and its posterior aspect is surrounded by a thick layer of powerful muscles (see §2. Anatomy).
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Anesthesiological Management and Patient Positioning
Prior to the surgery, reproduction of symptoms with extension of the neck should be assessed. Extension may help for better exposure and visualization. However, the severity of stenosis may limit the amount of...
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How evolution of the nailing system improves results and reduces orthopedic complications: more than 2000 cases of trochanteric fractures treated with the Gamma Nail System
The incidence of trochanteric fractures has increased significantly during the last few decades, especially in elderly patients with osteoporosis. The dynamic/sliding hip screw and the cephalomedullary nail ar...
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Navigation-assisted surgery for tumors of the spine
Computer-assisted navigation systems are largely used for pedicle screws positioning in degenerative and traumatic spine surgery. In oncologic spine surgery its use is still develo** and could be extended fo...
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Article
Reviewer’s comment concerning “Aneurysmal bone cysts of the spine” (doi:10.1007/s00586-012-2510-x by M. Zileli et al.)
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Aneurysmal bone cyst of the mobile spine: the therapeutic role of embolization
Our aim is to define the role of embolization in the treatment of aneurysmal bone cyst of the spine in order to include this option in the decision making process.
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Le neoplasie del tratto lombare: trattamento chirurgico
Primary tumors of the lumbar spine are very rare and can be treated by an oncologically appropriate surgery if properly diagnosed and staged. Surgical treatment is greatly conditioned by generally unresectable...
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Il trattamento percutaneo dei crolli osteoporotici del corpo vertebrale
The Authors present a retrospective review of 59 consecutive patients who underwent polymethylmethacrylate percutaneous vertebroplasty for vertebral compression fractures due to osteoporosis. In the immediate ...
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Minimally invasive percutaneous fixation in the treatment of thoracic and lumbar spine fractures
We studied 51 patients with 64 fractures of the thoracolumbar and lumbar spine undergoing the surgical treatment by percutaneous trans-pedicular fixation and stabilization with minimally invasive technique. Pa...
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Outcomes of C1 and C2 posterior screw fixation for upper cervical spine fusion
To achieve stable fixation of the upper cervical spine in posterior fusions, the occiput is often included. With the newer techniques, excluding fixation to the occiput will retain the occiput–cervical motion,...
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L’inchiodamento cefalomidollare del femore
The Gamma nail was born in 1980 as an evolution of the ideas of G. Küntscher. Forty years before he had developed an “Y” nail for the treatment of pertrocantheric fractures. The Gamma Standard was developed fr...
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Il trattamento delle metastasi vertebrali
The incidence of vertebral metastasis deposit from carcinoma is second only to pulmonary and hepatic metastases. The choice of the most appropriate treatment is of crucial importance for the patient. It is com...
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La traumatologia del rachide toraco-lombare, oggi
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Le “cage” in carbonio (CFRP) favoriscono una maggiore proliferazione e una migliore distribuzione cellulare di quelle in polietere-etereketone (PEEK). Analisi mediante un modello innovativo per lo studio in vitro dei biomateriali
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Lumbar stenosis. Treatment strategy: When should one perform additional stabilization and/or fusion after posterior decompression?
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Interlocking nail for femoral shaft fractures: is dynamization always necessary?
A series of 179 closed femoral fractures treated by static interlocking nailing (Grosse-Kempf nail) was reviewed to evaluate the effect of dynamization on the time to bony union. In 75 patients, dynamization w...
