Study Design. Prospective clinical study on the effect of total hip replacement surgery (THR)
on low back pain (LBP) in patients with severe hip osteoarthritis. Objective. To assess the …

Study Design. Cultures established from murine disc-derived cells were stimulated by
lipopolysaccharide. The cells capacity to secrete proinflammatory cytokines and interleukin-10 …

Object. The authors retrospectively evaluated the safety and efficacy of a decompression
and fixation technique in the treatment of patients with multilevel cervical spondylotic …

Study Design. A retrospective clinical study of patients with vertebral osteomyelitis of the
lumbar spine necessitating surgical treatment. All patients underwent sequential (same-day) or …

Background Ipsilateral recurrent disc herniation after lumbar discectomy is a significant
problem in the management of lumbar disc disease and may necessitate repeat surgical …

Degenerative lumbar stenosis is a common cause of disabling back and lower extremity pain
among older persons. The process usually begins with degeneration of the intervertebral …

Study Design. Discs were cultured during discectomy from patients with back pain, sciatica,
and radiologic evidence of disc herniation causing nerve root compression. Objective. To …

Purpose The present study was undertaken to evaluate the safety and clinical outcome of
operative instrumented slip reduction in 12 adults with isthmic spondylolisthesis accompanied …

Purpose To evaluate the feasibility and clinical improvement of a total posterior arthroplasty
system in the surgical management of lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis and or spinal …

Purpose: To evaluate the frequency of loss of neurophysiological potentials during head
positioning, the usefulness of head repositioning to restore the potentials, and the effect on …