Category Archives: Spine

Section Editor: Nancy Epstein, MD

Surgical management of intramedullary cervical spinal sarcoidosis complicated by transient unilateral weakness: A case report

  •  Aziz Saade, Hayley M. Denwood, Tony Tannoury, Chadi Tannoury 

March 8, 2024, 14:08

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Case Report

Perspective: Operate on lumbar synovial cysts and avoid ineffective percutaneous techniques

  •  Nancy E. Epstein, Marc A. Agulnick 

March 1, 2024, 10:36

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Review Article

Delayed postoperative erosion of hypopharynx after anterior hardware extrusion: A case report

  •  Dimitrios Papadakos, Dionysia Fermeli, Panagiotis Tsipouriaris, Theofanis Vrettos, Nikolaos Mastronikolis, Constantine Constantoyannis 

February 16, 2024, 10:20

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Case Report

Perspective: Cervical laminoforaminotomy (CLF) is safer than anterior cervical diskectomy/fusion (ACDF) for lateral cervical disease

  •  Nancy E. Epstein, Marc A. Agulnick 

February 16, 2024, 9:58

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Review Article

Surgical technique: Posterior retropleural thoracotomy for resection of a T10 dumbbell schwannoma

  •  Disep I. Ojukwu, Brandon M. Wilkinson, Timothy Dawson, Michael A. Galgano 

January 19, 2024, 11:11

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Video Abstract

Perspective: Efficacy and outcomes for different lumbar interspinous devices (ISD) vs. open surgery to treat lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS)

  •  Nancy E. Epstein, Marc A. Agulnick 

January 19, 2024, 10:47

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Review Article

Pedicled multifidus muscle flaps to treat dural tears due to penetrating spinal stab wounds: Two case reports and a literature review

  •  Domenico Policicchio, Riccardo Boccaletti, Gina Casu, Anna Mingozzi, Giampiero Muggianu, Giovanni Nodari, Walter Marco Sias, Giosué Dipellegrini 

January 19, 2024, 10:41

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Image Report

Subfascial drains are safe and effective in preventing postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leaks after intradural spine tumor surgery

  •  Julie Mayeku, Esteban Quiceno, Christina Cannata, Giovanni Barbagli, Amna Hussein, Nikhil Dholaria, Michael Prim, Ali A. Baaj 

January 12, 2024, 9:11

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Original Article

Anterior cervical surgery for morbidly obese patients should be performed in-hospitals

  •  Nancy E. Epstein, Marc A. Agulnick 

January 8, 2024, 14:03

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Review Article

Pseudogout mimicking cervical spine osteomyelitis and ventral epidural abscess: A case report and literature review

  •  Brandon Michael Wilkinson, Dan Y. Draytsel, Fakhri B. Awawdeh, Ali Hazama 

January 8, 2024, 13:59

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Case Report