Thoracolumbar junction
Spinal Cord Tumors of the Thoracolumbar Junction Requiring Surgery: A Retrospective Review of Clinical Features and Surgical Outcome
... Fig. 1. Spinal cord tumor in the thoracolumbar junction with a comorbid herniated lumbar disc. It was impossible to definitively determine the exact cause of back and leg pain. The patient under- went ...
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Single stage posterior debridement, decompression and transpedicular screw fixation for the treatment of thoracolumbar junction (T12 L1) tuberculosis with associated neurological deficit: a multicentre retrospective study
... The diagnosis of spinal tuberculosis was made based on clinical symptoms, physical signs, laboratory findings and radiological evidence. It was confirmed histologically after debridement in surgical patients. The ASIA ...
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Algorhythm for Use of Percutaneous Short Fixation of Fractures Involving the Thoracolumbar Junction and Lumbar Spine
... the thoracolumbar junction and lumbar ...the thoracolumbar junction and lumbar ...the thoracolumbar junc- tion, in 28 the lumbar spine (L2 in 6 cases, L3 in 15 cases, L5 in 7 ...(17 ...
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Palliative transpedicular partial corpectomy without anterior vertebral reconstruction in lower thoracic and thoracolumbar junction spinal metastases
... reconstruction after a corpectomy has been emphasized by several authors. However, for patients with a relatively short life expectancy, anterior reconstruction may be unnecessary. Posterior instrumentation alone may be ...
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Comparison of three surgical approaches for thoracolumbar junction (T12 L1) tuberculosis: a multicentre, retrospective study
... compare the therapeutic efficacy between anterior-only, posterior-only and anterior-posterior procedures for mono- segmental spinal TB focusing on the thoracolumbar junc- tion (T12-L1). Furthermore, there is no ...
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Posterior instrumentation after a failed balloon kyphoplasty in the thoracolumbar junction: a case report
... Approximately 2 weeks after being discharged, the pa- tient presented to the emergency department of our hos- pital with increasing back pain that improved at rest and with significant amounts of pain medication. He ...
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The Anatomy of Dorsal Ramus Nerves and Its Implications in Lower Back Pain
... Dr. Maigne has described the low back pain caused by the thoracolumbar lateral branches and called this pain as Thoracolumbar Junction Syndrome [19-22]. Dr. Bogduk pointed out that the medial branch ...
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Surgical Management of Lumbar and Thoracolumbar Spinal Fractures: Indications, Surgical Technique and Evaluation on a Series of 64 Patients Treated with Percutaneous Posterior Osteosynthesis Combined with Kyphoplasty or Anterior Arthrodesis
... or thoracolumbar junction (T10-L2), collected in the neurosurgery department of the North Hospital and University Hospital (CHU), Marseille over a period of 2 years from January 2015 to De- cember ...
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One Stage Anterior Reconstruction and Posterior Instrumentation in Surgical Management of Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures
... The thoracolumbar junction is more susceptible to injury than other portions of the ...[2]. Thoracolumbar fractures occur as a result of different mechanisms of injuries on the spinal column which ...
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Hemorrhagic Spinal Schwannoma in Thoracolumbar Area with Total Paraplegia
... Hemorrhagic type of spinal schwannoma is a rare case and more commonly found in the cranial region of the spine [5]. The tumor in the spine is more likely found around the thoracolumbar junction region or ...
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Evaluation of Functional and Radiographic Outcomes of Thoracolumbar Fractures
... Spinal fractures represent about 6% of all fractures, with 90% occurring in the thoracic and lumbar regions (1). Be- cause of its mobility, the thoracolumbar junction at T11-L2 level is a common site for ...
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Thoracolumbar burst fracture with complete paraplegia: rationale for second-stage anterior decompression and fusion regarding functional outcome
... Spinal canal decompression seems to be achieved indi- rectly by pedicular screw system, and it considerably reduced the immobilization and hospitalization time as it provide three-column biomechanical stability; however, ...
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Open versus minimally invasive percutaneous surgery for surgical treatment of thoracolumbar spine fractures a multicenter randomized controlled trial: study protocol
... Thoracolumbar spine fractures are the most frequent fractures of the axial skeleton, and approximately two- thirds of these fractures occur between T11 and L2 [1]. Surgical treatment has been indicated for ...
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Measuring the morphological characteristics of thoracolumbar fascia in ultrasound images: an inter rater reliability study
... the thoracolumbar fascia, an anatomical structure consisting of layers of dense connective tissue in the lumbar area of the trunk, is clinically important in people with chronic lower back pain ...The ...
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A new decompression technique for upper lumbar fracture with neurologic deficit comparison with traditional open posterior surgery
... the thoracolumbar region due to the great biomechanical stress in this area [1, 2], and 10 to 20% of these injuries are burst fractures ...of thoracolumbar burst fractures would lead to complete or ...
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Acute thoracolumbar pain due to cholecystitis: a case study
... There were obvious signs of musculoskeletal involve- ment to her acute thoracolumbar back pain. However, due to the new, more constant pain presentation and positive cholecystitis risk factors in this patient that ...
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Correlation between thoracolumbar curvatures and respiratory function in older adults
... between thoracolumbar curvature, respira- tory and lung functions among older ...in thoracolumbar curvatures was correlated with decrease in respiratory muscle strength, respiratory muscle thickness and ...
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Original Article Correlations between repositioning of bone fragment in thoracolumbar burst fractures and size of bone fragment, and AO classification
... the thoracolumbar region, and burst fractures con- tribute to approximately 10-20% of such inju- ries ...all thoracolumbar burst fractures the frequency of neurological deficits can reach up to 50-60% ...
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Research of thoracolumbar spine lateral vascular anatomy and imaging
... By comparing observation results between spe- cimens and images, we can give specific anatomical parameters to provide a reference for the operation. There are no important blood vessel nerves between the upper and lower ...
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MR angiography of normal intradural vessels of the thoracolumbar spine
... PURPOSE: To identify and describe the normal intradural vessels detected on MR angiograms of the thoracolumbar spine. METHODS: Six adult subjects who had clinical evidence of myelopathy, yet normal findings at ...
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