[PDF] Top 20 Two-level cervical disc replacement: perspectives and patient selection

... that two-level CDR is nonin- ferior to two-level cervical fusion in the treatment of multi- level cervical degenerative disc ...of two-level CDR in ... See full document

... the patient preference, and the work environment as well as the knowledge, skill, and judgment of the ...discusses patient selection and perspectives for conservative sharp wound debridement ... See full document

... VEGF’s biologic activity through a steric blocking of its binding with VEGF receptor. Cur- rently, bev is the only antiangiogenic agent approved for the first-line treatment of advanced or recurrent nonsquamous NSCLC in ... See full document

... that evaluating the results of elbow synovectomy reported in these studies was difficult due to considerable variations in the surgical procedures described as “synovectomy.” Some surgeons believed that an adequate ... See full document

... the patient may have undergone is essential for future surgical ...the patient as well as the lesion in ...Every patient who is considered for TES must first undergo digital rectal examination to ... See full document

... Data from the Trabectome Study Group database were used to compare outcomes between patients with POAG (n = 263) and PXG (n = 45) after AIT-phaco. Mean ± SD IOP was reduced from a baseline of 19.9 ± 5.4 mmHg to 15.6 ± ... See full document

... clear advantage of robotic over laparoscopic hysterectomy. However, some patients with complex surgical pathology (such as advanced endometriosis and extensive pelvic adhesions), obesity, and those with endometrial ... See full document

... ation with their assigned medium. Only those with at least one possibly occluded or unexaminable tube on the initial test underwent crossover testing with the other medium. As both groups were appropriately randomized ... See full document

... Abstract: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) develops on the background of liver cirrhosis often from multiple, simultaneous factors. The diagnosis of a single small HCC comes with good prognosis and provides a potential for ... See full document

... wide selection, it is often unclear how to choose biologics for specific ...biologic selection include clinical efficacy, safety, cost, convenience, onset of action, and management of comorbid dis- ...in ... See full document

... female patient presented multilevel cervical disc herniation with persisting neurological signs since 16 months ...multilevel cervical disc herniation (C2/3, C3/4, C4/5, C5/6), compro- ... See full document

... degenerated cervical discs. Operative options include cervical disc fusion or cervical artificial disc ...than two degenerated discs have minimal surgical ...the two- year ... See full document

... artificial cervical disc replacement (ACDR) and anterior cervical discectomy/fusion (ACDF) in the treatment of cervical spondylotic ...single-segment cervical spondylotic ... See full document

... contained two poor quality stud- ies [24, 27] of inadequate (C) grade, and most were high quality with low risk of ...to selection a second ...the two groups till current ... See full document

... underwent two-level CDA, but the authors did not differentiate between one- and two-level ...technique. Two surgeons independently performed all operations in the ... See full document

... Herniated disc refers to any of the problems of the rubber pad (disk) between the individual bones that are piled up the spinal column ...herniated disc or disc herniation occurs. Intervertebral ... See full document

... of two decompressed nerve roots in the same ...or two levels because two adjacent levels are usually in the same operating view when the Quadrant retractor system is ...prevent cervical ... See full document

... Daofen Chen et al 16 evaluated the possibility that descending systems have differential actions on the spinal interneurons that receive input from muscle afferents. Prolonged, physiological inputs were generated by ... See full document

... proved based on many studies at different fol- low-up periods [12, 32]. TDR has an important advantage over ACDF with regard to motion preservation. ACDF eliminates motion at treat- ed levels, while TDR has preserved ... See full document

... The most important finding of this study is the significantly lower probability of ASD reoperations in the CDA cohort after a 60-month follow-up. Despite the moderate quality of this evidence, the pooled data ... See full document