Surgeons restore some hand function to quadriplegic patient
Surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have restored some hand function in a quadriplegic patient with a spinal cord injury at the C7 vertebra, the lowest bone in the neck. Instead ...
Surgery
May 15, 2012 |
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Hospital readmission rates misleading, study finds
When hospital patients have to be readmitted soon after discharge, hospitals look bad.
Health
Oct 10, 2012 |
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Study finds increased cancer risk with bone growth product
Spine surgery patients who got a bone growth stimulating agent as part of a clinical trial were three to five times more likely to develop cancer two to three years after being implanted with the product, according to a new ...
Cancer
Nov 04, 2011 |
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Biomarker may signal whether common back pain treatment will work, doctor finds
A new study from researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine has identified a unique protein complex that can be used to predict whether an epidural steroid injection will help relieve pain caused by a herniated ...
Medical research
Aug 11, 2011 |
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Re-op rates ID'd for herniated intervertebral disc disease
(HealthDay)—For patients undergoing surgery for lumbar herniated intervertebral disc disease, reoperation rates reach 13.4 percent after five years, with more than half of reoperations occurring in the ...
Surgery
Apr 16, 2013 |
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Bone density can improve in spine, femur post-spine surgery
(HealthDay)—Following successful lumbar spine surgery, the bone mineral density (BMD) of the vertebral body and femoral neck can increase but appears to related to post-operative walking ability, according ...
Surgery
Apr 03, 2013 |
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Diabetes affects improvements after lumbar spine surgery
(HealthDay) —Patients with diabetes who have longstanding diabetes, poor glycemic control, and use insulin had suboptimal improvements in clinical outcomes after lumbar spine surgery, according to research ...
Diabetes
Apr 02, 2013 |
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Researchers develop new anatomically based classification for diagnosing cervical spinal stenosis
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 ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 20, 2013 |
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Multiple cone-beam scans fall within acceptable ranges
(HealthDay)—The radiation dose imparted to patients undergoing multiple intraoperative lumbar single cone-beam computed tomography (CT) scans is within the dose range that patients receive during a single ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 14, 2013 |
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Risk factors ID'd for massive blood loss in scoliosis surgery
(HealthDay)—For patients undergoing scoliosis surgery, the risk of massive blood loss is increased with preoperative Cobb angles bigger than 50 degrees and for those undergoing osteotomy or fusion of more ...
Surgery
Mar 08, 2013 |
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Degenerative cervical spine disease may not progress over time
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.
Cancer
Feb 19, 2013 |
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Risk factors ID'd for cervical spinal surgery complications
(HealthDay)—Risk factors have been identified for medical complications following cervical spine surgery, with cardiac and pulmonary complications correlating with death within two years, according to research ...
Surgery
Feb 07, 2013 |
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Pre-op physiatry consultation reduces spinal surgery rates
(HealthDay)—Requiring patients interested in spinal surgery to first see a rehabilitation physician reduces the number of spinal surgeries, reduces costs, and leaves patients largely satisfied, according ...
Surgery
Feb 05, 2013 |
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Back pain intensity most influential in fusion decision
(HealthDay)—Patients seeing a spine surgeon are most influenced by low back pain intensity when considering whether to proceed with spinal fusion surgery, according to a study published in the Jan. 15 issue ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 24, 2013 |
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Surgery consultation common after MRI of the spine
(HealthDay)—Almost half of patients whose primary care physicians recommend a lumbosacral or cervical spine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan go on to receive a surgical consultation, but few end up ...
Surgery
Jan 02, 2013 |
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