Spine
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Prospective study. ⋯ Intraoperative MEP may imply an exponential correlation with the corresponding cervical cord function in CCM. And we first characterize a high-sensitive MEP range which may indicate high risk for the impending monitoring change during cervical cord decompression and we must watch more closely.
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Antimicrobial effect of a novel silver-impregnated pedicle screw in rabbits. ⋯ This novel experimental design of implantation in rabbits is easy to apply and resembles human stabilization technique. Modified Ti screws were shown to have antimicrobial effect especially inhibiting the biofilm formation. This anchored Ag NPs that remained after 21st day of implantation shows that it is resistant to tapping forces of the screw.