Study Design. A new surgical strategy for treatment of patients with spinal metastases was
designed, and 61 patients were treated based on this strategy. Objectives. To propose a new …

Study Design. Systematic review and modified Delphi technique. Objective. To use an
evidence-based medicine process using the best available literature and expert opinion …

Study Design. The study of seven patients with primary malignant or benign aggressive tumors
who underwent a new aggressive surgical technique termed" total en bloc spondylectomy…

Matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) has been purified as an inactive zymogen of M(r) 92,000
(proMMP-9) from the culture medium of HT 1080 human fibrosarcoma cells. The NH2-…

A retrospective study was performed to evaluate the radiographic changes that occurred at
spinal levels adjacent to fused vertebrae after anterior cervical fusion. One hundred six …

Purpose Standardized indications for treatment of tumor-related spinal instability are hampered
by the lack of a valid and reliable classification system. The objective of this study was to …

Object Opinions vary widely as to the role of surgery (from none to wide margin excision) in
the management of spinal metastases. In this study the authors set out to ascertain if surgery …

Conventionally, curettage or piecemeal excision of vertebral tumors has been commonly
practiced. However, clear disadvantages of these approaches include a high risk of tumor cell …

Study Design. An in vitro biomechanical study of adjacent segment motion (at L3–L4 and L5–S1)
after a simulated lumbar interbody fusion of L4–L5 in different sagittal alignments was …

Study Design> Seven patients with angular kyphotic deformity of the thoracic or thoracolumbar
spine were treated by closing-opening wedge osteotomy using a single posterior …