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Orthopedics

A new approach to the treatment of spinal instability: Fusion or structural reinforcement without surgery?

Jun 22, 2020

Spinal instability related low back pain is a common condition resulting from degeneration and loss of stiffness of the intervertebral joint. In order to restore stability, highly invasive surgical fu...

Transforaminal endoscopic decompression and uninstrumented allograft lumbar interbody fusion: A feasibility study in patients with end-stage vacuum degenerative disc disease.

Jun 22, 2020

The authors investigated the feasibility of a transforaminal endoscopic decompression and un-instrumented lumbar interbody fusion procedures with cancellous bone allograft in patients painful with end...

Microbiota stimulation generates LCMV-specific memory CD8 T cells in SPF mice and determines their TCR repertoire during LCMV infection.

Jun 22, 2020

Both mouse and human harbour memory phenotype CD8 T cells specific for antigens in hosts that have not been previously exposed to these antigens. The origin and the nature of the stimuli responsible f...

Vertebroplasty with posterior spinal fusion for osteoporotic vertebral fracture using computer-assisted rod contouring system: A new minimally invasive technique.

Jun 22, 2020

Surgical treatment of osteoporotic vertebral fracture (OVF) has been challenging for spine surgeons, because there are potential risks of instrumentation failure; such as screw loosening, loss of corr...

Minimally invasive technique for the abscess drainage in lumbosacral tuberculosis using arthroscopy sheath: A case report.

Jun 22, 2020

Spinal tuberculosis usually affects the thoracolumbar spine, with only 2-3% involving the lumbosacral region. Lumbosacral tuberculosis can lead to the formation of a presacral abscess. For drainage of...

Prevalence of DFCIs Up for Young Competitive Alpine Skiers

Jun 18, 2020

WEDNESDAY, June 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Young competitive alpine skiers have an increased prevalence of distal femoral cortical irregularities (DFCIs) on knee magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ac...

Comparison of blind surgical zone in the Henry vs. Kocher approach in the treatment of partial radial head fractures.

Jun 18, 2020

The Kocher approach is often adopted for surgical treatment of partial radial head fractures. However, anterior exposure of the radial head is limited by the Kocher approach. Radial head fractures are...

Trends in scapular fractures: a nationwide 17-year study in Finland.

Jun 18, 2020

The aim of this study was to examine the trends in the number and incidence of scapular fractures causing hospitalization in the Finnish adult population between 1998 and 2014.We assessed the number a...

Auditory Performance and Subjective Satisfaction with the ADHEAR System.

Jun 18, 2020

The ADHEAR device, a new nonsurgical bone conduction hearing device, has been developed for patients with conductive hearing loss.This study aims to assess the impact of the ADHEAR device on the audio...

A multicenter, prospective 2-year analysis of the Sidus stem-free shoulder arthroplasty system.

Jun 18, 2020

The purpose of this multicenter, prospective study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a stemless total shoulder arthroplasty compared with a traditional stemmed control.Ninety-five shoulders w...

Evaluating the reproducibility of the short version of the Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index (Short-WORC) prospectively.

Jun 18, 2020

Recently, a shorter version of the Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index (Short-WORC) was created to reduce patient response burden. However, it has yet to be evaluated prospectively for reproducibility ...

MANAGEMENT OF ENDOCRINE DISEASE: Male osteoporosis: diagnosis and management. Should the treatment and target be the same as for female osteoporosis?

Jun 18, 2020

Male osteoporosis has been neglected for too long time and there is need for a change. This condition is clearly under-estimated, under-diagnosed and under-treated. The diagnosis is often made late in...

Bushenhuoxue formula accelerates fracture healing via upregulation of TGF-β/Smad2 signaling in mesenchymal progenitor cells.

Jun 15, 2020

Although Bushenhuoxue formula (BSHXF) is successfully used as a non-traumatic therapy in treating bone fracture in China, the molecular mechanism underlying its effects remains poorly understood.The p...

Avoiding iatrogenic injuries to the vertebral artery: A morphometric study of the vertebral artery-free dissection area.

Jun 15, 2020

To determine the area of a safety window that excludes the vertebral artery for the safe access of the occipital condyle screws during occipitocervical fixation.This study included 138 cervical comput...

Development of a preliminary multivariable diagnostic prediction model for identifying active spondylolysis in young athletes with low back pain.

Jun 15, 2020

The primary aim of this study was to develop a diagnostic cluster of common clinical findings that would assist in ruling out an active spondylolysis in adolescent athletes with low back pain (LBP).Re...

Comparison of Costs and Postoperative Outcomes between Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures: Analysis from a State-Level Outpatient Database.

Jun 15, 2020

Vertebral cement augmentation techniques are routinely employed to treat osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (VCF). In the current study, we employed a state-level outpatient database to comp...

Risk Factors for Suicide ID'd in Health Care Professionals

Jun 12, 2020

THURSDAY, June 11, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors for suicide have been identified among health care professionals, according to a study published online June 10 in...

Update of Markov Model on the Cost-Effectiveness of Nonpharmacologic Interventions for Chronic Low Back Pain Compared to Usual Care.

Jun 11, 2020

Markov model.Further validity test of a previously published model.The previous model was built using data from ten randomized trials and examined the one-year effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of ...

Muscle fibre conduction velocity in the vastus lateralis and medialis muscles of soccer players after ACL reconstruction.

Jun 11, 2020

The neural factors underlying the persistency of quadriceps weakness after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) have been only partially explained. This study examined muscle fiber conduct...

Locoregional recurrence rate and disease-specific survival following marginal vs segmental resection for oral squamous cell carcinoma with mandibular bone invasion.

Jun 11, 2020

To determine locoregional recurrence rate (LRR) and disease-specific survival (DSS) following marginal vs segmental mandibulectomy.Included were 210 patients, who had marginal or segmental mandibulect...

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