Spondylodiscitis affects children aged between two and eight years, and mainly involves
the lumbar or lumbosacral spine. Diagnosis is difficult because the symptoms are not very …

Study Design. Review the association between injury severity, narrowing of the spinal canal,
and neurologic deficit in thoracolumbar burst fractures. Objective. To determine which …

Study Design. Review the correlation between loss of spinal canal diameter and neurological
deficits in patients with thoracolumbar and lumbar burst fractures. Objectives. To try to …

Background: Low back pain (LBP) has a high economic burden and is strongly related to the
degenerative process of the spine, especially in the intervertebral disc and of the facet joints…

Study Design. Prospective clinical study developed at a tertiary teaching facility to test an
adapted Brazilian Portuguese version of the Scoliosis Research Society–30 (SRS-30) …

Objective: The authors discuss the existent correlation between augmented thoracic kyphosis
in patients with juvenile Kyphosis or Scheuermanns disease and hamstrings contraction. …

Study Design. A systematic review and single-arm meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.
Objective. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the load-sharing classification (…

Background Unstable thoracolumbar spinal injuries benefit from surgical fixation. However,
perioperative complications significantly affect outcomes in surgicallytreated spine patients. …

Study Design Prospective cohort. Objectives To determine the predictors of the shoulder
balance after main thoracic (MT) fusion in patients with Lenke 1 adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (…

Objective: To describe and analyze a new protocol for the extraction of platelet-rich plasma (PRP)
for use in clinical practice and compare this technique with methods that have been …