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The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 86-B, Issue 8 | Pages 1197 - 1198
1 Nov 2004
Burke JG Sher JL

We report the case of a 13-year-old obese child presenting with bilateral stable slipped capital femoral epiphyses, which were managed by percutaneous single screw fixation in situ under image intensifier control using arthrography.


The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 84-B, Issue 2 | Pages 196 - 201
1 Mar 2002
Burke JG Watson RWG McCormack D Dowling FE Walsh MG Fitzpatrick JM

Herniated intervertebral disc tissue has been shown to produce a number of proinflammatory mediators and cytokines, but there have been no similar studies using discs from patients with discogenic low back pain.

We have compared the levels of production of interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-8 (IL-8) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) in disc tissue from patients undergoing discectomy for sciatica (63) with that from patients undergoing fusion for discogenic low back pain (20) using an enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay.

There was a statistically significant difference between levels of production of IL-6 and IL-8 in the sciatica and low back pain groups (p < 0.006 and p < 0.003, respectively).

The high levels of proinflammatory mediator found in disc tissue from patients undergoing fusion suggest that production of proinflammatory mediators within the nucleus pulposus may be a major factor in the genesis of a painful lumbar disc.