(1) Both Types I and II collagen are important constituents of the affected tissues, and thus defective collagens are reasonable candidates for the primary abnormality in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS).
(2) Urologic evaluation of all patients with congenital scoliosis is recommended; however, diagnostic ultrasonographic evaluations of the urinary tract have proven to be an acceptable alternative as an initial screening modality.
(3) The treatment of adult patients with idiopathic scoliosis is a challenge of the 1980s.
(4) Limb abnormalities included lumbar scoliosis, short malformed tibias and fibulas, and polydactyly.
(5) Partial duplication of the proximal part of the long arm of chromosome 5, on the other hand, is associated mainly with musculoskeletal abnormalities including muscle hypotrophy and hypotonia, scoliosis, lordosis, pectus carinatum, cubitus valgus, and genu valgum, in addition to psychomotor retardation.
(6) To avoid the complications attributable to the cervical spine, we recommend roentgenographic examination in all neurofibromatosis patients who are about to have general anesthesia or skull traction for treatment of scoliosis.
(7) The severity of scoliosis increased with age and was more severe the higher the level of the neurologic deficit.
(8) Up to six units of autologous blood can be provided for patients with heart surgery, hip joint replacement or scoliosis.
(9) The anterior approach to the spine allows better correction and fusion of the more difficult curves of congenital scoliosis and those associated with neurofibromatosis and myelomeningocele.
(10) Using conventional methods, nonunion is common when long scoliosis fusions are extended to the sacrum.
(11) The hypothesis that a localized lordosis, or tethering of the posterior elements of the spine, is the primary cause of the vertebral rotation in idiopathic scoliosis was investigated in anatomic specimens of human and calf spinal columns.
(12) The classic scoliosis was resistant to brace treatment; bracing failed in 70% of patients, necessitating spinal fusion.
(13) Between 1969 and 1983 62 patients of the Orthopedic University Hospital Berlin were operated for a ventral fusion of the lumbar column, excluded the Dwyer spondylodesis indicated in lumbar scoliosis.
(14) In the remainder of the skeleton, hip dysplasia with premature osteoarthritis, knee joint bony ankylosis and thoracic and thoraco-lumbar scoliosis are other undescribed findings.
(15) Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation (CDI) has been gaining popularity in scoliosis surgery because of their improved rigidity which can obviate the need for a brace in most cases.
(16) In 11 instances, the scoliosis was present in the new born.
(17) In patients with 18 unreduced unilateral hip dislocations, pelvic obliquity and scoliosis were present in 12.
(18) The infant, who was utterly small for his gestational age, showed an aberrant motoric pattern and a high forehead, low-set ears, a prominent occiput and scoliosis, an extension defect in the knee joints and flexed, ulnar-deviated wrists.
(19) Aggressive surgical intervention is indicated in cases of progressive scoliosis and lordoscoliosis.
(20) The curve was usually a very severe idiopathic scoliosis developing early and requring surgical treatment.
Spine
Definition:
(n.) A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.
(n.) A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal.
(n.) One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish.
(n.) The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae.
(n.) Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.
Example Sentences:
(1) Univariate and multivariate analyses indicated previous LBP or back pain in another location of the spine were strongly associated with LBP during the study year.
(2) In contrast, the ryanodine receptor is observed in dendritic shafts, but not in the spines.
(3) We reviewed the results of intraoperative monitoring of short-latency cortical evoked potentials in 81 patients who underwent surgical procedures of the cervical spine.
(4) Unrecognized flexion injuries of the cervical spine may lead to late instability and neurologic damage.
(5) The present case indicates that the possibility of osseous spines impinging on the facial nerve should be considered in all cases of facial spasm.
(6) The results of conventional sciatic nerve stretching tests are usually evaluated regardless of patient age, gender or movements of the hip joint and spine.
(7) The correlation of posterior intervertebral (facet) joint tropism (asymmetry), degenerative facet disease, and intervertebral disc disease was reviewed in a retrospective study of magnetic resonance images of the lumbar spine from 100 patients with complaints of low back pain and sciatica.
(8) Lumbosacral spine films revealed only minimal degenerative changes, while lumbar myelogram showed L4-L5 and L5-S1 ventral extradural defects.
(9) This paper presents a comparison of the diagnostic value of CT studies and conventional radiological diagnosis, based on 46 CT studies, in patients with inflammatory bone lesions of the spine (n = 20) before and after surgical interventions (n = 12).
(10) Specimens from the bone marrow taken were by trephine biopsy from the sternum, ala ossis ilii and spine.
(11) Quite the contrary, in cases of higher nervous activity disturbances, destruction of the organelles and desintegration of spine apparatuses is clearly pronounced.
(12) The left scapula in each dog was treated by open reduction and plating of the scapular spine.
(13) In general, the cerebellum showed a much delayed developmental pattern with regard to Purkinje cell spine formation.
(14) The effects exerted on the cervical spine by a traction of 150 N was studied by means of an improved radiographic technique.
(15) In the perineuronal neuropil of large pyramidal neurons (layers V-VI) there appear symmetric synapses with pyramidal cells, dendritic processes and dendritic spines.
(16) For conservative treatment of injuries of the cervical spine, two different methods are available: The HALO fixator and the collar.
(17) Whereas in flexion stress all methods showed a sufficient stability, the rotation tests proved, that in case of a dorsal instability of the lower cervical spine, posterior interlaminar wiring or anterior plate stabilization showed no reliable stabilization effect.
(18) Recommendations are made suggesting closer scrutiny of this region of the spine.
(19) Differentiation from synovial or ganglion cysts of the spine is discussed.
(20) To avoid the complications attributable to the cervical spine, we recommend roentgenographic examination in all neurofibromatosis patients who are about to have general anesthesia or skull traction for treatment of scoliosis.