Study Design. The authors examined a case series of patients under the age of 18 years
treated for lumbar intervertebral disc herniation. Objectives. To evaluate postoperative and long-…

Background: Traditional growing rods have a reported wound and implant complication rate
as high as 58%. It is unclear whether the use of magnetically controlled growing rods (…

Background: Interbody fusion represents an efficient surgical treatment in degenerative
lumbar disease, achieving satisfying outcome in> 90% of cases. Various studies have affirmed …

The latest diffusion of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),
responsible for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), has involved the whole world population. …

Purpose To compare long term clinical and radiographic outcomes in osteoporotic vertebral
compression fractures of the thoracolumbar spine treated with conservative treatment and …

Study Design. A presentation of the results from 56 patients with dystrophic spinal deformities
caused by neurofibromatosis surgically managed from 1971 to 1992. Objectives. To focus …

Study Design. A retrospective observational study. Objective. The aim of this study was to
test whether a goal-directed fluid therapy (GDFT) protocol, based on stroke volume variation (…

Background In a previous study, a number of genes, associated with spine musculoskeletal
deformity phenotypes in mouse and in synteny between mouse and man, were identified as …

The traditional surgical treatment of severe spinal deformities, both in adult and pediatric
patients, consisted of a 360 approach. Posterior-based spinal osteotomy has recently been …

Background: Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) is an autosomal dominant disorder with various
skeletal abnormalities occurring as part of a complex phenotype. Tibial dysplasia, which …