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Original Source: Dural tears in spine surgery.
Dural tears are among the most commonly seen complications in spine surgery. Most studies in the literature indicate that long-term outcomes are not negatively affected, provided that the tears are diagnosed early and managed appropriately. Direct suture repair remains the preferred method for the management of durotomy caused by or found during surgery. However, recent literature reports encouraging results with sutureless repair. Understanding dural anatomy, dural healing, and cerebrospinal fluid dynamics...
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'Interspinous spacers' linked to fewer complications but greater risk of repeat surgery
A surgical procedure sometimes used to treat spinal stenosis, called interspinous spacer implantation, is associated with a reduced risk of complications compared with spinal fusion but may increase p...
Post-laminectomy spine strength can be predicted
(HealthDay)—Following lumbar laminectomy, loss of strength and shear stiffness (SS) can be predicted in the human lumbar spinal segment using measurable parameters, according to a study published in...
Lumbar disc herniation surgery is effective for octogenarians
(HealthDay)—For octogenarian patients with lumbar disc herniation, unilateral laminectomy and discectomy seems safe and effective, according to a study published in the April issue of the Journal of...
Hydro Med Announces the Stop Snoring Program
Mission Hills, CA (PRWEB) January 08, 2013 When snorers seek information on how to stop snoring, they are deluged with anti-snoring devices, dental devices and stop snoring surgery procedures. But...
New Back Pain Epidemic, Post-Laminectomy Syndrome, Sweeps Across the U.S.
Occurrences of failed back surgeries are on the rise with more surgeries being performed in the US each year. The Bonati Institute has assessed its findings over the past year and has seen an increase...
U.S. reprimands some eye centers on LASIK surgery advertising
(Reuters) - U.S. health regulators warned five eyecare providers to stop misleading advertising and promotion of refractive lasers used in eye surgery procedures such as LASIK.
Obesity surgery can stop diabetes better than drugs -- with risks
Obesity surgery worked much better at reducing and even reversing diabetes than medication and lifestyle changes in one of the most rigorous studies of its kind. But the researchers and others warn...
Sanofi introduces LeGoo gel to temporarily stop blood flow during cardiovascular surgery
Sanofi US announced the commercial launch of LeGoo, a biopolymer gel that allows surgeons to temporarily stop blood flow during surgery without the use of clamps, elastic loops or other conventional o...
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Torsion biomechanics of the spine following lumbar laminectomy: a human cadaver study.
PURPOSE: Lumbar laminectomy affects spinal stability in shear loading. However, the effects of laminectomy on torsion biomechanics are unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect...
PURPOSE: Laminectomy is a standard surgical procedure for elderly patients with symptomatic degenerative lumbar stenosis. The procedure aims at decompression of the affected nerves, but it also causes...
Laminoplasty versus Laminectomy and Fusion for Multilevel Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy.
BACKGROUND: Cervical spondylotic myelopathy is increasingly prevalent in the elderly and is the leading cause of spinal cord dysfunction in this population. Laminectomy with fusion and laminoplasty ha...
This paper applied Donders' subtraction method to examine the processing of global and selective stop signals in the stop-signal paradigm. Participants performed on three different versions of the sto...
PURPOSE: A retro-odontoid pseudotumor is usually a reactive fibrocartilaginous mass associated with atlantoaxial subluxation (AAS). However, a retro-odontoid pseudotumor not associated with AAS, which...
