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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It is a retrospective analysis of 1806 consecutive cervical magnetic resonance images taken in weight-bearing flexion, neutral, and extension positions. ⋯ II (Diagnostic: individual cross-sectional studies with consistently applied reference standard and blinding). These slides can be retrieved from Electronic Supplementary Material.
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To investigate the prevalence of and factors associated with dysfunctional low back pain (LBP) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). ⋯ The factors associated with dysfunctional LBP in patients with RA were more vertebral fractures, higher DAS-28CRP, vertebral endplate and/or facet erosion, higher BMI, longer disease duration, greater PT, older onset age, greater SVA, and less MTX use. Strictly controlling patients' body weight and disease activity with MTX and avoiding spinopelvic malalignment through vertebral fracture prevention are important. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.
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To investigate the normative value of distance between the spinous processes (inter-spinous process distance, ISPD), correlations between patients' demographics and ISPD, and determine cutoff ISPD values that result in segmental lordosis in posterior cervical-thoracic arthrodesis with instrumentation. ⋯ ISPD is a simple and useful parameter that correlates with the segmental Cobb angle. During posterior cervical deformity surgery, surgeons can intraoperatively predict adequate segmental lordosis by utilizing the vertebral level specific cutoff values of ISPD. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.
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Analysis of functional outcome of elderly patients with type II odontoid fractures treated conservatively in relation to their radiological outcome. ⋯ In geriatric type II odontoid fractures, pre-injury clinical status and comorbidities overcome imaging in determining post-treatment level of function. Hard collar immobilization led to a favourable functional outcome with mRS-post, NDI and SWPS values diffusely encouraging whatever a bony union or a fibrous non-union was obtained. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.
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Unfortunately, one co-author name was incorrectly published in the original publication. The complete correct name of the co-author is given below.