European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society
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Traumatic thoraco-lumbar spine fracture spine with a concomitant blunt aortic injury is uncommon but potentially a fatal association. Our aim was to clarify: morphology of spinal fractures related to vascular damages and vice versa, diagnostic procedures and decision-making process for the best treatment options for spine and vessels. ⋯ Relationship between thoraco-lumbar fracture and vascular lesion is rare, but potentially fatal. Comprehension of spinal biomechanics and vascular damages could be crucial to avoid poor results or decrease mortality. Frequently, traction of the aorta and its vessels is realized by C-dislocated fractures. CT and angio-CT are recommended. Spine stabilization should always follow the vascular repair. Early severe deficits worse the prognosis related to neurological recovery and survival. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.
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Pars defect and spondylolisthesis are frequent conditions, while bone tumors-particularly the primaries-are rare. The contemporary occurrence can delay the diagnosis of the tumor, if symptoms are considered related to spondylolisthesis, or can make reconstruction more demanding. To our knowledge, only two case reports of this contemporary occurrence have been published in the literature. Being such rare, guidelines on surgical treatment have not been proposed yet. ⋯ Interactions between spondylolisthesis and bone tumors of the spine are episodic. These two conditions rarely occur in the same patient. No treatment strategy has been described until now. The target of this paper is to propose an algorithm to surgically treat patients with concomitant bone tumor and spondylolisthesis. This classification identifies a treatment-oriented algorithm based on two major categories: type A, bone tumor arising on the same vertebra or to an adjacent level; type B, bone tumor arising at least one unit far from the spondylolisthesis. This algorithm can help the surgeon facing this rare combination of diseases in the appropriate preoperative planning. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.
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To assess the efficacy and safety of a new deformity correction philosophy treatment for AIS called apical vertebral derotation and translation (AVDT). ⋯ There was no significant difference between the two groups at the final follow-up and both techniques led to an excellent correction in the frontal plane; in the sagittal plane, the AVDT technique seemed to give less sagittal imbalance with better cervical profile; the surgical procedure is easy with less operative time, less blood loss and less risk of potential complications. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.
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To understand whether a spondylolisthesis in the sub-axial spine cranial to a cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) construes a risk of adjacent level disease (ALD). ⋯ A pre-operatively identified mild spondylolisthesis in the sub-axial spine cranially adjacent to a planned CDA is not a risk factor for ALD within 5 years. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.