Analysis of the short-term effect of three different level pedicle screws in the treatment of thoracolumbar type A fractures by Alimujiang Yusufu, Abudula Abulaiti, Abuduwupuer Haibier, Junyi Ma, Yuan Ma

“…Conclusion Short-segment fixation across the injured vertebra (6s) provides results comparable to short-segment fixation (4s) while causing less trauma. …”
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Sarcopenia in head and neck cancer: A scoping review. by Nedeljko Jovanovic, Tricia Chinnery, Sarah A Mattonen, David A Palma, Philip C Doyle, Julie A Theurer

“…Skeletal muscle index (SMI) at the third lumbar vertebra (L3) (n = 53; 70%) was the most prevalent metric used to identify sarcopenia, followed by SMI at the third cervical vertebra (C3) (n = 4; 5%).…”
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Pedicle Morphometry of Subaxial Cervical Spine Using Computed Tomography Scans among Adult Ugandan Subpopulation by Ssebuggwawo Jonathan, Wani Muzeyi, Erem Geoffrey, Waiswa Gonzaga, Ssekitooleko Badru, Kajja Isaac

“…Accurate placement of pedicle screws in the subaxial cervical spine requires precise understanding of vertebra anatomy. Little is known about the morphometric characteristics of the subaxial cervical pedicle in the Ugandan population. …”
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Retrospondyloptosis of the Spine Secondary to Nonaccidental Trauma by T. S. Duffin, S. W. Thomas

“…We present a 13-month-old female who presented with signs of spinal cord injury and was found to have complete retrospondylolisthesis of T12 vertebra and multiple rib fractures in various stages of healing due to NAT. …”
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Macroanatomic investigations of the courses of the vertebral vein of akkaraman sheep by Kamil Beşoluk, Sadettin Tıpırdamaz

“…We found that the vertebral vein passed through the transversal canal between third and sixth cervical vertebra. Then it entered to thoracic cavity via cranial Ihoracic aper-tura and joined to deep cervical vein with a common trunk opening the costocervical vein. …”
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A Rare Case of Thoracic Pyogenic Facet Joint Infection by Tomoyuki Setoue, Jun-ichiro Nakamura

“…Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) indicated a facet effusion, paraspinal abscess, and epidural abscess in the level of 9th-11th thoracic vertebra. On the 6th day of treatment, she presented a neurological disorder and underwent decompressive laminectomy and surgical debridement. …”
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Biomechanical Effects of Different Spacing Distributions Between the Cemented Superior Boundary and Surgical Vertebral Superior Endplates After Percutaneous Vertebroplasty for Oste... by Xiao Meng, Chengqiang Zhou, Yifeng Liao, Haibin Zhou, Hua Li, Jiayuan Liu, Xuebin Tang, Yunqing Wang

“…The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of different spacing distributions between the upper boundary of the cement and the upper endplate of the operated vertebra on the biomechanics of the operated vertebra after percutaneous vertebroplasty for OVCF using finite element analysis (FEA). …”
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Visualization of Right Adrenal Vein in Non‐Contrast‐Enhanced MDCT and Its Guiding Role for Right Adrenal Venous Sampling by Hong‐liang Xiong, Li Du, Jiao Yang, Wei‐Tong Hu, Jia‐Bing Huang, Yun‐De Li, Xi Chen, Yi‐Fei Dong

“…Non‐contrast‐enhanced MDCT revealed that RAV orifice was located between the 10th thoracic vertebra (T10) and the 1st lumbar vertebra (L1), with 85.1% (n = 165) located from the lower 1/3 of T11 to the lower 1/3 of T12. …”
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Incidences of taillessness in Acanthopagrus arabicus and Oreochromis niloticus collected from the Shatt al-Arab River, Basrah, Iraq by Abed Jassim M., Jawad Laith A., Ankush Mujtaba A.

“…The last remaining caudal vertebra was turned downward in A. arabicus, whereas the remaining parts of the caudal fin skeleton were turned upward in O. niloticus. …”
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Arthroscopic-assisted uniportal spinal surgery for treatment of lumbar burst fractures complicated with neurological symptoms: a case report by Hai-Wei Chen, Zhi-Qiang Wang, Peng-Ju Jing, Dong-Hong Ma, Wen-Bo Wang, En Song, Pei-Wu Li, Peng Cheng

“…The AUSS approach, used alongside PPSF, significantly improved the vertebral canal occupation rate, increased the anterior edge height ratio of the damaged vertebra, and alleviated the lower back pain and nerve root symptoms postoperatively. …”
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Sclerotic Bone Metastasis in Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma by Riyadh Ali Mohammed Hammamy, Khalid Farooqui, Wisam Ghadban

“…Here we present a 30-year-old female diagnosed to have pulmonary adenocarcinoma with multiple sclerotic bony lesions in the vertebra.…”
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A Comparative Biomechanical Analysis of the Impact of Different Configurations of Pedicle-Screw-Based Fixation in Thoracolumbar Compression Fracture by Klaudia Szkoda-Poliszuk, Rafał Załuski

“…Five study groups were tested: physiological, with compression fracture of the vertebra, with two-segment fixation, with three-segment fixation, and with four-segment fixation. …”
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A new method to assess lumbar vertebral body rotation on simple radiographs by Suk-Joong Lee, Sanghyun Joung, Sungmin Kim, Hyun-Joo Lee, Maria Florencia Deslivia

“…The device rotated the model vertebra by 1°. Fluoroscopic images were obtained for each pose. …”
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Traumatic Lumbosacral Dislocation: Current Concepts in Diagnosis and Management by Andrew S. Moon, Kivanc Atesok, Thomas E. Niemeier, Sakthivel R. Manoharan, Jason L. Pittman, Steven M. Theiss

“…Traumatic lumbosacral dislocation is a rare, high-energy mechanism injury characterized by displacement of the fifth lumbar vertebra in relation to the sacrum. Due to the violent trauma typically associated with this lesion, there are often severe, coexisting injuries. …”
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Comparative analysis of morphologival parameters in isolated and fused L5 spondylolysis patients on the basis of CT features by Rui Ma, Xiaoxia Huang, Luyao Li, Ye Kai, Jun Liu, Gao Leilei, Xiangning Sun, Yong Teng

“…This study examines the morphological characteristics and parameter differences of the L5 vertebra in patients with isolated versus fused spondylolysis using CT measurements. …”
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A Rare Case of Pheohyphomycotic Lumbar Spondylodiscitis Mistreated as Koch’s Spine by Shakti A. Goel, Hitesh N. Modi, Yatin J. Desai, Harshal P. Thaker

“…Percutaneous pedicle biopsy of L4 vertebra was taken under local anaesthesia and confirmed Pheohyphomycosis which was treated with antifungal medications. …”
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Woman with Pregnancy and Lactation-Associated Osteoporosis (PLO) by Nasrin Bazgir, Elham Shafiei, Neda Hashemi, Hassan Nourmohamadi

“…In the thoracolumbar radiographs, a loss of vertebral height in the T11 to L5 vertebra was recognized. Other complaints were abdominal pain and anemia. …”
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Successful Treatment of Posttransplant EBV-Associated Lymphoma and Plasmacytoma Solely Localized to the CNS by Per Boye Hansen, Signe Ledou Nielsen

“…The second patient was only treated with craniospinal irradiation involving the medulla to the second cervical vertebra and valgangciclovir. Moreover, the posttransplant immune suppression was reduced. …”
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Identification of the Causative Disease of Intermittent Claudication through Walking Motion Analysis: Feature Analysis and Differentiation by Tetsuyou Watanabe, Takeshi Yoneyama, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Yasumitsu Toribatake

“…Patients with LSS can be subdivided by the affected vertebra into 2 main groups: L4 and L5. It is clinically very important to determine whether patients with intermittent claudication suffer from PAD, L4, or L5. …”
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Effects of Mobilization Time on Occurrence of New Fractures after Vertebroplasty by Ahmet Onur Akpolat, Sinan Karaca

“…The most common fracture segment was the L1 vertebra (15.9%). The preoperative VAS was 8.29 ± 0.95, and the postoperative VAS was 2.33 ± 0.91. …”
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