News tagged with spondylolisthesis

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Teriparatide injections improve pedicle bone quality

(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 ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 02, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Polymorphism in estrogen receptor alpha linked to back pain

(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 ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

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 created Mar 20, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 created Feb 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

rhBMP-2 linked to increased rate of retrograde ejaculation

(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 ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Teriparatide ups bone union for women with osteoporosis

(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 ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rates, causes of spinal surgery-tied mortality quantified

(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 ...

Surgery created Nov 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Surgery center influences outcomes in spinal surgery

(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.

Other created Oct 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

IV acetaminophen eases post-spinal op pain for children

(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 ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Radiography unnecessary after spinal fusion surgery

(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 ...

Surgery created Sep 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Complications following two-level axial lumbar interbody fusion

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 ...

Surgery created Jul 20, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Spondylolisthesis linked to spinous process fractures

(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 ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jun 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers find epidural steroid injections do not benefit spine patients

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 ...

Other created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0