Fifty-five patients with severe pain from
Of 232 patients with evidence of lumbar spinal stenosis, 13 had symptoms of meralgia paraesthetica. Myelography demonstrated that in all but one of these 13 cases the L3-4 level was involved by stenosis; in 12 matched control patients with
We determined the frequency, rate and extent
of development of scoliosis (coronal plane deformity) in wheelchair-dependent
patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) who were not receiving
steroid treatment. We also assessed kyphosis and lordosis (sagittal
plane deformity). The extent of scoliosis was assessed on sitting anteroposterior
(AP)
1. A group of children with congenital malformations of the lower back involving the
Twenty-one patients with
Aims. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical and radiographic
outcomes of microendoscopic laminotomy in patients with lumbar stenosis
and concurrent degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS), and to determine
the effect of this procedure on
Injuries to the
Using the United States Nationwide Inpatient
Sample, we identified national trends in revision
Intramedullary
Four cases are described of solitary
We performed CT myelography in 38 patients with cervical myelopathy before and after laminoplasty to enlarge the canal. The sagittal and transverse diameters, the cross-sectional area, and the central point of the
We used evoked
An electrophysiological system for monitoring the
Since 1981, during operations for
Experimental evidence has accumulated in recent years to suggest that scoliosis can be caused by asymmetrical
A retrospective survey has been made of forty children with
The management of
The
1. The management of severe kyphosis of the lumbar spine in association with myelomeningocele is discussed. 2. Neonatal