Purpose Degeneration of the intervertebral disc is associated with various morphological
changes of the disc itself and of the adjacent structures, such as reduction of the water content, …

Purpose One possible source of chronic low back pain is a degenerated intervertebral disc.
In this review, various diagnostic methods for the assessment of the presence of …

BACKGROUND: Many models of cervical disc prostheses are currently commercially
available or under clinical trial, and are based on several design concepts and built employing …

Existing studies on micro-endoscopic lumbar discectomy report similar outcomes to those of
open and microdiscectomy and conflicting results on complications. We designed a …

Purpose To evaluate the effect of a rehabilitation programme including the management of
catastrophising and kinesiophobia on disability, dysfunctional thoughts, pain, and the quality …

Purpose We present an automated method for extracting anatomical parameters from
biplanar radiographs of the spine, which is able to deal with a wide scenario of conditions, …

The surgical devices for the treatment of degenerative disc disease are based on different
concepts (rods for spine fusion, ROM-restricting or load-bearing devices for dynamic …

Purpose Pedicle subtraction osteotomy (PSO) has a complication rate noticeably higher than
other corrective surgical techniques used for the treatment of spinal sagittal imbalance. In …

In a prospective study, we aimed to evaluate the potential use of kyphoplasty (KP) and
vertebroplasty (VP) as complementary techniques in the treatment of painful osteoporotic …

Target of the study was to predict the biomechanics of the instrumented and adjacent levels
due to the insertion of the DIAM spinal stabilization system (Medtronic Ltd). For this purpose, …