Atlantoaxial rotatory fixation (AARF) is a rare condition in adults and is almost always due to
an accompanying trauma. The first example of traumatic AARF in adults was reported by …

Background: Ossification of the ligamentum flavum (OLF) occurs mostly in adult males,
typically in the thoracolumbar spine where it may contribute to neurological deficits. Here we …

Iatrogenic cervical pseudomeningocele is a rare event and majority are located posteriorly
as a delayed complication of inadvertent dural tear after decompressive laminectomy. …

Ossification of the ligamentum flavum or OLF is a disease with heterotopic ossification in
this spinal ligament. The key of OLF pathogenesis is the differentiation of fibroblasts into …

Background: Spontaneous spinal epidural hematomas (SEHs) due to the utilization of factor
Xa inhibitors are rare. Case Description: A 66-year-old female presented with a Brown-…

BACKGROUND Posterior cervical meningoceles are rare in adults because most are surgically
excised early in life. Such meningoceles in adults are mostly presented as a cystic mass …

Study Design. Case report. Objective. To report a middle-aged female in whom a knife blade
was broken and lodged in the disc space during lumbar discectomy. Transforaminal route …

… Rahimizadeh A. Isolated proximal thoracic ossified ligamentum flavum causing paraparesis
in a caucasian: A case report and review of literature. World Spinal Column J 2012;3:38-43. …

OBJECTIVE: Extradural arachnoid cysts (EACs) are rare causes of spinal cord compression
and cauda equina. These benign lesions appear in the literature mainly as single case …

Anterior tibial artery is a nonvital artery which is one of the three arteries of the leg. This artery
has a short proximal l segment in the popliteal region and a long segment in the anterior …