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Slipped capital femoral epiphysis with hypopituitarism in adults: A case report and literature review.

Dec 27, 2021

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is a common disease in pediatric orthopedics. Most research on SCFE has focused on high-risk groups or the whole population, and studies focusing on adult SCFE...

Post-traumatic severe ankle valgus and forefoot supination deformities treated by staged surgery using ilizarov technique and limited osteotomy: A case report.

Dec 27, 2021

Post-traumatic ankle valgus deformities are relatively rare. Old post-traumatic ankle deformity compounded by abundant scar contracture tissue formation around the joint is a big challenge for orthope...

Skin preparation for prevention of surgical site infection after obstetrics and gynecological abdominal surgery: A quality improvement project.

Dec 27, 2021

One of the most common causes of postoperative morbidity is postoperative surgical site infection (SSI). Healthcare-associated infection is a subject of great concern in healthcare services. The goal ...

Association of Total Thyroidectomy or Thyroid Lobectomy With the Quality of Life in Patients With Differentiated Thyroid Cancer With Low to Intermediate Risk of Recurrence.

Dec 27, 2021

Owing to the good prognosis of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), guidelines recommend total thyroidectomy (TT) or thyroid lobectomy (TL) as surgical treatment for DTC with low to intermediate risk ...

Reduced Proximal Junctional Failure With Ligament Augmentation

Dec 24, 2021

Long-segment spinal fusion problems are well-known, such as proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) and proximal junctional failure (PJF). Previous research has shown that ligament augmentation can reduce ...

Results of Symptomatic Lumbar Scoliosis in Adults

Dec 24, 2021

Although adult symptomatic lumbar scoliosis (ASLS) has a significant health impact, these patients frequently have concomitant orthopedic problems that have not been assessed. Based on a retrospective...

Effects of Transforaminal Versus Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

Dec 24, 2021

For adult symptomatic thoracolumbar/lumbar scoliosis, few studies have examined fractional curve correction following lengthy fusion between transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) and anterior ...

Evaluation of Lymphocele After Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

Dec 24, 2021

Anterior body part interbody fusion (ALIF) is a good surgical modality for several lumbar chronic pathologies. However, a rare and often rumored complication is surgical lymphocele. The goals of this ...

How To Guide Patients With Low-Back Pain After Lumbar Discectomy?

Dec 24, 2021

Lumbar discectomy (LD) is used to treat radicular discomfort caused by a herniated disc. While most patients attain this goal, improvements in low-back pain (LBP) have been documented in various ways....

Synovial Facet Joint Cysts After Decompression Surgery

Dec 22, 2021

Synovial facet joint cysts of the spine have been documented in several investigations as a primary lesion. Although the specific pathophysiology of those cysts is unknown, degeneration and instabilit...

A CSORN Registry Study of Lumbar Spine Surgery

Dec 22, 2021

Previous studies on the rates of adverse events (AEs) in spine surgery have been retrospective, using data from administrative databases and frequently from single sites. There have been no prospectiv...

Cost-Effective Analysis of Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysm Surgery

Dec 22, 2021

The preventive treatment of the unruptured intracranial aneurysm (UIA) is to avoid the morbidity and death associated with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. There is no comparison between the conser...

Effects of Acutely Targeted Embolization of Ruptured Arteriovenous Malformations

Dec 22, 2021

A study assessed the safety and efficacy of acutely targeted embolization of weak angiographic sites in burst brain arteriovenous malformations (bAVMs) against delayed therapy. It looked into the angi...

A Comparison of Frailty Measures with the Charlson Comorbidity Index

Dec 21, 2021

Oncology patients are prone to frailty, described as a lack of physiological reserve and greater vulnerability to physiological stress. Given the palliative nature of spine metastasis surgery, patient...

Endoscopic Transcortical Intraventricular Results in Children

Dec 21, 2021

The trial was conducted to see if an endoscopic transcortical intraventricular biopsy was effective and safe in children with solitary thickened pituitary stalk lesions. Between 1994 and 2018, 16 juve...

Single-Dose Antibiotic Prophylaxis Versus Multiple-Dose Treatment

Dec 21, 2021

Antimicrobial prophylaxis (AMP) is recommended preoperatively for "clean" spinal and cranial operations, but the amount and timing are still up for debate. In the pediatric context, using multiple-dos...

Decompression with Delayed Resection vs Concurrent Decompression and Resection of Acutely Ruptured Brain Arteriovenous Malformations

Dec 21, 2021

For this study, researchers wanted to compare the clinical and surgical outcomes of patients who received contemporaneous emergency decompression and brain arteriovenous malformations (bAVM) resection...

Relationship Between Brainstem Infarction and Nonsaccular Vertebrobasilar Aneurysm Rupture

Dec 21, 2021

Nonsaccular vertebrobasilar aneurysms (NSVBAs) are linked to a high rate of aneurysm-related death. According to anecdotal evidence, brainstem infarction may be a sign of aneurysm rupture. The researc...

A Multi-Institutional Case Series on the Early Introduction of Stereo electroencephalography in Children

Dec 20, 2021

In the United States, pediatric stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) is becoming more common, with published material mostly consisting of large single-center case series. This study uses a multicenter...

Meta-Analysis of Arteriovenous Malformations

Dec 20, 2021

Unless thoroughly treated, brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) pose a risk of rupture and subsequent morbidity or mortality. AVMs in children have been reported to reappear the following oblitera...

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