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West J Med. 1989 June; 150(6): 685.
Internal Fixation of Degenerative Disease of the Lumbar Spine
Correspondence from Arthur H. White, MD and James B. Reynolds, MD

Justification of instrumentation in degenerative disease. Internet Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Related Subjects Issue 2 - 3 1997
K.- P. Schulitz Orthopaedic Department of Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany Correspondence: Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter -Schulitz Heinrich Heine University Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery Moorenstr. 5 40225 Düsseldorf / Germany
Summary: a review of the philosophy behind the treatment of degenerative disorders...

Full Text article in Advances in Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation 2005 Vol 4 #6 p 38
Haden, Whitfield & Moore

Actual or simulated acupuncture therapy appears to be more effective than usual care for chronic low back pain, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial reported in the May 11 2009 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Radiology, Vol 164, 83-88, Copyright © 1987
LM Teresi, RB Lufkin, MA Reicher, BJ Moffit, FV Vinuela, GM Wilson, JR Bentson and WN Hanafee
Evidence on magnetic resonance (MR) images of disk degeneration and herniation, as well as of cord and root impingement, may be regarded either as normal, age-related changes...

In this SpineUniverse patient case presented by Dr. Michael Kaiser, neruosurgeon, Columbia University in New York, NY the patient underwent an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion at C5-C6 and C6-C7 with PEEK/BMP interbody grafting and anterior plate stabilization. Dr. Gerard Girasole, orthopedic surgeon offers a case review.  Each...

plain film:
* narrowing of disc space; osteophytes; bone sclerosis
* disc calcification
* vacuum disc phenomenon (nitrogen at sites of negative pressure)
MRI: endplate changes (Modic & deRoos)
* Type I (4%): decreased signal on T1; increased signal...

J R Army Med Corps 2003; 149: 260-264 Y Bar-Dayan, M Weisbort,Y Bar-Dayan, GJ Velan, M Ravid, D Hendel, J Shemer
Parachuting, be it static line or sky- diving, places enormous stresses on the human spine. It is, therefore, important to determine the prevalence and severity of degenerative changes in the lumbar spine of subjects who...

The patient is a 55-year-old male, requiring pre-operative evaluation before back surgery. Quiz format.

Site by Yasser Metwally, Professor of neurology, Ain Shams university, Cairo, Egypt.
Illustrated account with references.

65 year male, suffering for 1 year from S1 radiculalgia when standing and walking. Can walk 200 meters. No leg pain when sitting or lying. Moderate long standing back pain. No neural deficit, flexible lumbar spine, no Lasegue sign. General examination is normal.
GICD-Europe Case Study #II Jean-Louis Tassin, MD France

A number of pathologic changes have been reported in spinal surgery specimens. The frequency of many of these is not well defined. We retrospectively reviewed the histologic features of 985 extradural spinal surgery specimens. Of the cases, 1.6% were identified clinically as synovial cysts. In addition, synovial tissue was seen in...

Objective: To evaluate the association between lumbar spine facet joint osteoarthritis (FJ OA) identified by multidetector computed tomography (CT) and low back pain (LBP) in the community-based Framingham Heart Study.
Conclusion: There is a high prevalence of FJ OA in the community. Prevalence of FJ OA increases with age with the...

Search string allintitle: (degenerative (disease OR spondylitis OR disorder)) OR osteoarthritis spine -disc Returned 367 results August 2007

Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2007; 5: 71.
Karen L Saban, Sue M Penckofer, Ida Androwich, and Fred B Bryant
Over 500,000 spinal surgeries are performed annually in the United States. Although pain relief and improved health-related quality of life (HRQOL) are expectations following lumbar spinal surgery, there is limited research regarding this...