Anthropometric data from three groups of adolescent girls - preoperative adolescent idiopathic
scoliosis (AIS), screened for scoliosis and normals were analysed by comparing skeletal …

Considerable controversy exists regarding the optimal management of elderly patients with
type II odontoid fractures. There is uncertainty regarding the consequences of non-union. …

Injury to the spinal cord without radiological abnormality often occurs in the skeletally immature
cervical and thoracic spine. We describe four adult patients with this diagnosis involving …

Objectives: To demonstrate possible advantages of combined (motor and sensory) versus
single modality (either motor or sensory) intra-operative spinal cord monitoring and to …

The Short Form-36 (SF-36) health questionnaire has been put forward as a general measure
of outcome in health care and has been evaluated in several recent studies in the UK. We …

Prospective single cohort study. To evaluate the NDI by comparison with the SF36 health
Survey Questionnaire. The NDI is a simple ten-item questionnaire used to assess patients with …

… Buchner M, Schiltenwolf M. Cauda equina syndrome caused by intervertebral lumbar
disk prolapse: mid term results of 22 patients and literature review. Orthopaedics 2002;25:727–31. …

Purpose Anterior lumbar surgery is a common procedure for anterior lumbar interbody fusion
(ALIF) and artificial disc replacement (ADR). Our aim was to study the exposure related …

The results of the first 50 consecutive patients using the Graf stabilisation system are presented.
The average age of the patients was 41 years; there were 32 women and 18 men in the …

Study Design. A prospective randomized trial with independent clinical and radiographic
outcome review of patients receiving either hydroxyapatite or tricortical iliac crest graft for …