Browse the latest research summaries in the field of spinal disorders for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2020 • January 1, 2020
This case report describes a unique instance of split notochord syndrome in a male, followed from birth to 18 years, detailing various congenital defects and surgical interventions. The patient presen...
KEY FINDING: The patient presented with defects of the abdominal wall and cloacal exstrophy, a transposed anus, and split bony elements of the spine.
International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, 2020 • August 25, 2020
This case report describes a 51-year-old man who developed delayed symptomatic spinal adhesive arachnoiditis with cauda equina syndrome three months after undergoing surgery for a traumatic thoracolum...
KEY FINDING: Delayed symptomatic spinal adhesive arachnoiditis can occur after surgery for thoracolumbar flexion-distraction injuries.
International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, 2020 • October 25, 2020
This case report describes a rare instance of cauda equina syndrome following a caudal epidural sacral injection in a 63-year-old male with severe lumbar spinal stenosis. The patient presented with mo...
KEY FINDING: Caudal epidural sacral injection in a patient with severe lumbar spinal stenosis resulted in cauda equina syndrome immediately after the procedure.
Medicine, 2020 • March 1, 2020
The case report presents a rare instance of traumatic spondyloptosis in the mid-lumbar region without neurological deficit, emphasizing the importance of considering stability and preventing secondary...
KEY FINDING: The study reports a rare case of L3 to L4 traumatic spondyloptosis with intact neurology, which is the first reported case of its kind involving complete posterior column and neural sparing in the mid-lumbar region.
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2020 • February 24, 2020
This case report describes a woman with a T7 paraplegia who was found to have a large syrinx extending into her brainstem, despite having minimal new neurological symptoms. The patient's syrinx was di...
KEY FINDING: A large syrinx and syringobulbia can be present without causing significant neurological deficits, as demonstrated in the presented case.
Neurosurgery, 2016 • November 1, 2016
This study investigated the feasibility of using a novel Single Leg Squat (SLS) test to measure integrative motor sensory functions in patients with CSM before and after surgery. The SLS test proved t...
KEY FINDING: The SLS test was well tolerated by CSM patients and provided objective performance data in short testing periods.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2016 • January 1, 2016
This review analyzed five RCTs (10 references) consisting of 643 participants and comparing different surgical procedures and conservative approaches. On the whole, these studies provide conflicting lo...
KEY FINDING: Low-quality evidence suggests that decompression and conservative treatment yield similar disability outcomes (Oswestry Disability Index) at three, six, and twelve months.
J Spine Surg, 2015 • December 1, 2015
A total of 582 patients with TB of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine with moderate to severe cord compression were studied. Variable degrees of neurological deficit with deformity were treated f...
KEY FINDING: Neurological improvement occurred in all patients except for 2 cases (0.3%).
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2015 • October 8, 2015
This study analyzes a case series of six male patients who developed recurrent post-traumatic syringomyelia (PTS) after surgical intervention. The aim was to identify potential risk factors and outcom...
KEY FINDING: The time between the initial spinal cord injury and the development of a syrinx varied greatly among the six patients.
Eur Spine J, 2000 • January 5, 2000
This study prospectively compared conservative and operative treatment of mild and moderate forms of spondylotic cervical myelopathy (SCM) over a 2-year period. The results showed no significant diffe...
KEY FINDING: There was no significant deterioration in mJOA score, recovery ratio, or timed 10 m walk within either group during the 2 years of follow-up.