Search Results - "cervical spine"

The problem of studying myopia as multifactorial disease remains relevant due to the increase and morbidity of the disease, particularly in childhood. One of the factors of progressing myopia among children - orthopedic pathology which progresses simultaneously with myopia - is discussed in the arti...

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The aim of the research was to develop an algorithm of complex conservative treatment of patients with cervical osteochondrosis. We examined and provided conservative treatment to 40 patients with cervical osteochondrosis in periods 1-11 with severe pain syndrome. The treatment was mainly aimed at p...

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Radiography is of importance in the diagnosis of atlantoaxial dislocation (AAD), and it is the basic imaging technique. However, it should not be the sole diagnostic modality, especially in complex or unclear cases. Conventional X-ray includes an open-mouth odontoid view and a cross-table lateral vi...

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Background: Disease tracking and prognostication of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) can be quite challenging in people living with ALS, due to the complexity of central nervous system disease biology. This systematic review and meta-analysis aim to summarize cervical spinal cord quantitative MRI...

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Aleksander Joniec, Jedrzej Mikolajczyk, Bartosz Godlewski Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, with Spinal Surgery Ward, Scanmed – St. Raphael Hospital, Cracow, PolandCorrespondence: Aleksander Joniec, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, with Spinal Surgery Ward, Scanmed – St. Rapha...

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Background/Objectives: The conventional practice in clinical settings involves using multi-use surgical instrumentation (SI). However, there is a growing trend towards transforming these multi-use SIs into disposable surgical instruments, driven by economic and environmental considerations without c...

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The article describes a case of polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis lesions of the cervical spine. This clinical example demonstrates the high efficiency of tocilizumab in a patient with polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis with lesions of the cervical spine. After the first injection...

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This paper presents the analysis of diagnostic policy of 72 patients with cervical osteochondrosis and cervicobrachial syndrome. All patients were examined according to a single program, which included a specially designed questionnaire containing address data, diagnosis, history of life and illness...

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Objective. To analyze short- and long-term results of surgical treatment of children with tumor and infectious destruction of the cervical vertebrae. Material and Methods. The study included data from 94 children. The following parameters were evaluated: the effectiveness of perioperative use of ha...

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The paper presents the results of surgical treatment of 12 patients with stenosing processes of the vertebral canal at the craniovertebral transition due to chronic, unstable type 2 injuries of the C odontoid process (classification of fractures of odontoid process proposed in 1974 by Anderson and D...

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Background. The study relevance is substantiated by the growing numbers of road vehicles and cervical spine traumas occurring among all spinal injuries. Currently, there is no common vision of the cervical trauma pathogenesis, diagnostic algorithm or treatment, which stipulates difficulties in the f...

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The article analyzes the data of 58 sources of literature on the treatment of cervicobrachial syndrome in patients with cervical osteochondrosis. The anatomical and topographic features of the cervical spine, which are predisposing factors for the development of the studied pathology, namely, the sm...

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The article reflects topical issues of natal trauma and its consequences in children born surgically, with a comparison of different views of domestic and foreign scientists. Risk factors for natal trauma, features of the caesarean section technique, options for complications and outcomes for the ne...

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Objective: to investigate the impact of smoking on radiological outcomes in patients after one- and two-level total arthroplasty (ТА) of the cervical intervertebral discs.Material and methods. A single-center retrospective observational cohort study was performed. The study included 127 medical reco...

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The article provides a description of the anthropological finding – human remains discovered in the church of St. Peter (Domashevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, burial at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries AD). The available morphological data most likely indicate the presence of diffuse idiopathic...

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Aim. In this research, we aimed to study echographic characteristics and normal sizes of the vertebrae and intervertebral discs of the cervical region in healthy individuals.Materials and methods. On the material of 45 healthy volunteers, normal echographic characteristics of the cervical spine were...

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Advances in information technology and the widespread adoption of smartphones have improved human convenience and quality of life by facilitating extensive information sharing. However, the increasing frequency and duration of smartphone use is linked to a high risk of musculoskeletal disorders, par...

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Objective. Instability of the vertebral motion segments is a very urgent problem of medicine, since it has very serious consequences. Today, search for optimal diagnostic methods continues. The authors propose a new diagnostic technique - functional multislice computed tomography (fMSCT). The object...

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Rationale. Diseases of periodontal tissues belong to polyetiological diseases with continual growth in the presence of accompanying somatic pathology, including lesions of intervertebral discs of the cervical spine. The development of osteochondrosis of the cervical spine causes the disturbance of...

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