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(HealthDay)—Daily injection of teriparatide significantly reduces the incidence of pedicle screw (PS) loosening at one year following surgery to correct degenerative spondylolisthesis in osteoporotic postmenopausal women, according to a study published in the April 15 issue of Spine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-teriparatide-pedicle-bone-quality.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 02 May 2013 06:50:01 EST news286690875 (HealthDay)—For women with degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS), polymorphisms in the estrogen receptor α (ERα) are associated with back pain intensity, according to a study published in the April issue of the Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-polymorphism-estrogen-receptor-alpha-linked.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 11 Apr 2013 05:22:46 EST news284876500 Physician-researchers at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson have developed a new, clinically meaningful scale of severity for diagnosing patients with cervical spinal stenosis. Their goal was to create a more accurate scale than the current "mild, moderate or severe" designations used for patients with this condition, a narrowing of the spinal canal in the neck. Researchers sought to create a reproducible, clinically validated classification of central cervical stenosis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-anatomically-based-classification-cervical-spinal.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:00:02 EST news282939053 Follow-up data on patients with degenerative disease of the upper (cervical) spinal vertebrae show little or no evidence of worsening degeneration over time, according to a study in the February 15 issue of Spine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-degenerative-cervical-spine-disease.html Cancer Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:40:02 EST news280496870 (HealthDay)—For patients with lumbar spondylosis or spondylolisthesis of the lowest lumbar levels who undergo open anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF), use of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) is associated with an increased rate of retrograde ejaculation (RE), according to research published in the October issue of The Spine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-rhbmp-linked-retrograde-ejaculation.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 29 Dec 2012 08:00:01 EST news275987759 (HealthDay)—Injections of teriparatide are more effective than oral bisphosphonate for bone union after instrumented lumbar posterolateral fusion in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis, according to a study published in the Nov. 1 issue of Spine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-teriparatide-ups-bone-union-women.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 03 Nov 2012 11:50:01 EST news271140192 (HealthDay)—The overall mortality rate associated with spinal surgery is 1.8 per 1,000 and varies based on factors such as patient age and primary diagnosis, according to a study published in the Nov. 1 issue of Spine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-spinal-surgery-tied-mortality-quantified.html Surgery Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:40:02 EST news271078749 (HealthDay)—Choice of surgery center affects patient outcomes following surgery for lumbar stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis, according to research published online Oct. 17 in Spine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-surgery-center-outcomes-spinal.html Other Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:40:01 EST news270466214 (HealthDay)—Children and adolescents given intravenously (IV)-administered acetaminophen after major spine surgery have significantly less postoperative pain, compared with those given placebo, but administration of acetaminophen does not reduce the need for opioids, according to a study published in the Sept. 15 issue of Spine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-iv-acetaminophen-eases-post-spinal-op.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 23 Sep 2012 15:02:35 EST news267631342 (HealthDay)—In patients who have undergone spinal fusion surgery with intraoperative fluoroscopic guidance and have no postoperative problems, postoperative radiographs do not provide additional clinical information and are not cost-effective, according to a study published in the July issue of The Spine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-radiography-unnecessary-spinal-fusion-surgery.html Surgery Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:14:30 EST news267095648 Surgeons from the Instituto de Patologia da Coluna in Sao Paulo, Brazil have found that an innovative minimally invasive surgical procedure performed to achieve two-level axial lumbar interbody fusion produced immediate successful results, but within 2 years complications set in, making the procedure far less desirable. Findings of this study are reported in the article "Results and complications after 2-level axial lumbar interbody fusion with a minimum 2-year follow-up. Clinical article," by Luis Marchi, Leonardo Oliveira, Etevaldo Coutinho, M.D., and Luiz Pimenta, M.D., Ph.D., published this week online in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-complications-two-level-axial-lumbar-interbody.html Surgery Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:02:30 EST news261997287 (HealthDay) -- There is a strong association between degenerative spondylolisthesis and spinous process fracture in patients undergoing interspinous process spacer (IPS) surgery, according to a study published online May 24 in The Spine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-spondylolisthesis-linked-spinous-fractures.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 02 Jun 2012 04:50:01 EST news257829849 Researchers at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson examined data on patients being treated for lumbar stenosis and the degenerative spine condition spondylolisthesis and found that patients who received epidural steroid injections (ESI) had a higher rate of crossover to surgery and fared worse in physical health and bodily pain versus those who did not receive ESI, dispelling their pre-study hypothesis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-epidural-steroid-benefit-spine-patients.html Other Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:37:11 EST news247855025