Tendon entheses can be classed as fibrous or fibrocartilaginous according to the tissue
present at the skeletal attachment site. The former can be 'bony'or 'periosteal', depending on …

Sacral insufficiency fractures (SIFs) are an increasingly recognised cause of back pain in the
elderly. They can cause significant pain and disability in the elderly population and until …

As an essential organ of both weight bearing and locomotion, the spine is subject to the
conflict of providing maximal stability while maintaining crucial mobility, in addition to …

Two recent randomised controlled trials (RCT) published by the New England Journal of
Medicine (NEJM) in 2009 comparing vertebroplasty to sham procedures have concluded …

Study Design. We developed a new method to simulating in vivo dynamic loading as closely
as possible, which allows comparison of kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty, as well as …

Object A retrospective study analyzing medical files of patients who had undergone surgical
management for cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) at a single tertiary hospital was …

Introduction Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) is an established treatment for structural
instability associated with symptomatic disk degeneration (SDD). Stand-alone ALIF offers …

Kyphoplasty (KP) is a minimally invasive technique for the percutaneous stabilisation of
vertebral fractures. As such, this technique is highly dependent upon intraoperative …

Background context The surgical treatment in spinal metastases has been shown to improve
function and neurologic outcome. Unplanned hospital readmissions can be costly and …

Background context There have been no previous studies looking at the outcome of surgical
decompression (+/− stabilization) for various grades of epidural spinal cord compression …