Transforaminal Percutaneous Endoscopic Discectomy (TPED) is a minimally invasive
technique mainly used for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation from a lateral approach. …

AIDS is a devastating and deadly disease that affects people worldwide and, like all
infections, it comes without warning. Specifically, childbearing women with AIDS face constant …

The objective of this review is to summarize the knowledge about the anatomy of the lumbar
intervertebral foramen (IVF) as an anatomic entity. The intervertebral or neural foramen is an …

Background One out of three adults over the age of 65 years and one out of two over the
age of 80 falls annually. Fall risk increases for older adults with severe knee osteoarthritis, a …

Materials and Methods: We review relevant literature, and we present data obtained from
skeletal samples of known population and sex. One hundred and nineteen thoracic vertebrae …

Background Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) constitutes the conventional
treatment of cervical disc herniation due to degenerative disc disease (DDD). ACDF with …

Purpose: Adjacent segment disease (ASD) constitutes a long-term complication of
instrumented spinal fusion. Aim of this study is to analyze the utilization of percutaneous …

Background: Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is the prototype of a group of systemic rheumatic
diseases collectively referred to as Spondylarthitides (SpA). It has now become clear that AS …

Meningiomas are the most common benign intracranial tumors. They are generally
asymptomatic, and discovered incidentally during cerebral imaging. The vast majority of …

A 30-year-old mother, gravida 2, para 0010, had a normal pregnancy while performing the
regular prenatal examinations. From her medical history, there was nothing noteworthy. In the …