Intervertebral disc regeneration – Is it possible? by Dragos Schiopu, Arnaud Devriendt, Clara Van Vyve, Tamas S. Illes

“…Methods: Sixteen patients with mono-segmental disc degeneration (L4-L5 or L5-S1) who underwent posterior lumbar spine fixation with intervertebral distraction of 2 consecutive vertebrae using monoaxial transpedicular screws and lyophilized allograft to achieve segmental fusion, and who had a follow-up period of at least 2 years, were included in this study. …”
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Celiac Artery Compression After a Spine Fracture, and Pericardium Rupture After Blunt Trauma: A Case Report from a Single Injury by Joongsuck Kim, Hyun Min Cho, Sung Hwan Kim, Seong Hoon Jung, Jeong Eun Sohn, Kwangmin Lee

“…Immediate fixation of the vertebrae was performed. During recovery, her hemothorax remained loculated. …”
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Effect of Temperature on Reproduction and Sex Ratio of Guppy (Poecilia reticulata Peters) by H. Arfah, S. Mariam, . Alimuddin

“…However, several progeny of broodstock reared at 30°C had abnormal vertebrae. Keywords: guppy, Poecilia reticulata, sex reversal, reproduction, monosex   ABSTRAK Suhu air inkubasi diduga dapat mempengaruhi reproduksi induk ikan dan nisbah kelamin keturunannya.  …”
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QUANTIFICATION OF ECTOPIC FAT DEPOTS IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY HEART DISEASE by A. N. Kokov, N. K. Brel, V. L. Masenko, O. V. Gruzdeva, Yu. A. Dyleva, E. V. Belik, O. L. Barbarash

“…All patients to assess the area and volume of visceral adipose tissue, as well as measuring the volume of paraaortic adipose tissue at the level of the abdominal aorta were performed multispiral computed tomography (MSCT) at the level of L3–L5 vertebrae. In order to visualize and morphometry pericoronary and paraaortic adipose tissue at the level of the thoracic aorta, patients in both groups were performed MSCT angiography of the coronary arteries with ECG synchronization. …”
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Reducing the Brace Correction Stress on the Secondary Lumbar Curve Results in Excellent Muscle, Bone, and Disc Mechanical Performance: A Musculoskeletal Finite Element Simulation o... by Xiaohui Zhang, Di Wang, Danyu Lv, Jinmiao Lv, Huiyi Tang, Jinlin Qian, Bagen Liao

“…Results The correction rate of the main thoracic (MT) curve, the intervertebral space height on the concave side of the vertebrae at the apex, and the stress ratio of the intervertebral discs were optimal when the maximum corrective pressure threshold was reached. …”
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Evaluation of spinal deformity and its progression in pyogenic spondylodiscitis: A retrospective MRI study of 59 cases by Andreas Kramer, Jonathan Neuhoff, Santhosh G. Thavarajasingam, Rebecca Sutherland, Hugh McCaughan, Benjamin Davies, Ehab Shiban, Florian Ringel, Andreas K. Demetriades

“…A paravertebral abscess was significantly associated with the presence of a fractured vertebrae at follow-up (p < 0.05). Discussion and conclusion: This study underscores the importance of closely monitoring patients with conservatively managed pyogenic spondylodiscitis for progressive spinal deformity, and suggests considering early surgical intervention in cases with a high risk of progression.…”
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Radiomics analysis of thoracic vertebral bone marrow microenvironment changes before bone metastasis of breast cancer based on chest CT by Hao-Nan Zhu, Yi-Fan Guo, YingMin Lin, Zhi-Chao Sun, Xi Zhu, YuanZhe Li

“…Radiomic features were extracted from the bone marrow of thoracic vertebrae on non-contrast chest CT scans. Multiple machine learning algorithms were utilized to construct various radiomics models for predicting the risk of bone metastasis, and the model with optimal performance was integrated with clinical features to develop a nomogram. …”
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Una discusión sobre la línea espinolaminar de Swischuk. Revisión bibliográfica by Claudio Alfredo Fernández, María Gabriela Miranda, María Emilia Moreiro

“…En 1977, Leonard Swischuk publicó un artículo sobre una línea espinolaminar cervical a efectos de determinar la relación, fisiológica o patológica, entre las vértebras cervicales C2-C3. El objetivo de este artículo es presentar una revisión bibliográfica sobre las indicaciones y las limitaciones diagnósticas de la línea de Swischuk, con ilustración de casos clínicos propios. …”
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Standard reference values of the upper body posture in healthy young female adults in Germany: an observational study by Daniela Ohlendorf, Charlotte Doerry, Vanessa Fisch, Sebastian Schamberger, Gerhard Oremek, Hanns Ackermann, Johannes Schulze

“…Group differences were tested by the Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney U test.Results In normal posture, the spinal column was marginally twisted to the left, and the vertebrae were marginally rotated to the right. The kyphosis angle is larger than the lumbar angle. …”
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The association between body composition and overall survival in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer by Liang Fu, Haiming Ding, Liupei Mo, Xiaoyu Pan, Lijuan Feng, Shenglian Wen, Qiaoqing Lan, Liling Long

“…To outline the patient’s chest CT plain image at the time of diagnosis,skeletal muscle and subcutaneous fat at the level of both thoracic vertebrae were quantified in terms of mass and quantity by the pectoral muscle index (PMI), pectoral muscle density (PMD), subcutaneous fat index (SFI), subcutaneous fat density (SFD), paravertebral muscle index (PVMI), and paravertebral muscle density (PVMD). …”
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The Role of Microelements of Lumbar Disc Degeneration in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Spine Surgery by Sadiq R. Karkush, Manal K. Rasheed, Ali T. Abdul Wahid, Ahmed R. Majeed

“…The lumbar spine and sacrum, consisting of five vertebrae and one bone, determine the spine's balance. …”
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Machine learning analysis of cervical balance in early-onset scoliosis post-growing rod surgery: a case-control study by Bo Han, Junrui Jonathan Hai, Aixing Pan, Yingjie Wang, Yong Hai

“…The location of the upper instrumented vertebrae (UIV) and single/dual growing rod had no significant influence on the sagittal cervical parameters (P > 0.05). …”
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The Acute VertEbRal AugmentaTion (AVERT) study: protocol for a randomised controlled, feasibility trial of spinal medial branch nerve block in hospitalised older patients with vert... by Avril Drummond, Opinder Sahota, Simon Bishop, Dritan Pasku, Apostolos Fakis, Anastasios Bastounis, Chia Wei Tan, Maribel Cameron, Yuriy Arlachov, Michal Czernicki

“…However, it may be associated with complications such as cement leakage, infection, bleeding at the injection site and fracture of adjacent vertebrae. It is also costly and not readily accessible in many UK hospitals.A recent retrospective study reported that spinal medial branch nerve block (MBNB), typically used to treat facet arthropathy, had similar efficacy in terms of pain relief compared with VP for the treatment of painful VFF. …”
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Single-staged Surgical Correction of Kyphotic Deformity due to Dorsal Spinal Tuberculosis in Pediatric Patients: Outcome Analysis by Mageswaran Shanmugavelu, Makesh Ram Sriraghavan, Prabhu Aloy, Poornima Kumararaja, Sai Vinay Bharadwaj Namala

“…It can result in the collapse of the affected vertebrae, leading to deformities such as kyphosis and sagittal imbalance; the deformity and progression can be worse in the pediatric age-group due to their growth spurt. …”
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The Degree of Cervical Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Is Associated With Denser Bone Quality of the Cervical Sub‐endplate and Vertebral Body by Jia‐Yu Chen, Jia‐Chen Yang, Ruo‐Yao Li, Zu‐Cheng Huang, Zhi‐Ping Huang, Xiu‐Hua Wu, Qing‐An Zhu, Yin Ding

“…Additionally, bone mineral density (BMD) of the cervical vertebrae was measured in 52 patients using a novel phantom‐less quantitative computed tomography (PL‐QCT) system. …”
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Risk factors for new vertebral fractures after percutaneous vertebroplasty or percutaneous kyphoplasty in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures by Wencheng Yang, Kaiwei Zou, Xuping Lin, Yanfang Yang, Tianpei Chen, Xiuming Wu, Xiaomeng Wang, Qingjun Liu, Chunhui Huang, Wanhan Su

“…Differential analysis revealed that age, diabetes, hemoglobin (HB), total protein (TP), serum albumin (ALB), b-C-terminal telopeptide of type I collage (β-CTX), 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OH-D3), number of fractured vertebrae, bone mineral density (BMD), regular exercise after discharge, anti-osteoporosis treatment after discharge, cross-sectional area (CSA), and fatty degeneration ratio (FDR) were associated with new vertebral fractures (all P &lt; 0.05). …”
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