Biomechanical research comparing kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty as treatments for vertebral fracture suggests both procedures provide comparable benefits in restoring load sharing and stiffness to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Curve progression greater than 5° occurred in 43% and 50% of patients at 1 year and 2 years, respectively, after ...

The study included children and adolescents, and it found decreased vertebral height and depth among both groups of patients compared with healthy controls. Young patients with spinal muscular atrophy ...

Evidence-based recommendations on vertebral body tethering for idiopathic scoliosis in children and young people. This involves fixing a cord to screws that have been placed into the vertebral bodies ...

Scoliosis is the most common spinal deformity affecting pediatric patients. A posterior spinal fusion (PSF) is the gold standard treatment for patients with curves exceeding 45 degrees, but the ...

A 78-year-old Maldivian patient had osteoporotic fractures that were successfully treated by a team of medical professionals at a private hospital utilising a novel and cutting-edge surgical technique ...

In Panderichthids (rhipidistian fish ancestors of amphibians), 2 sets of ossifications are present in the centra region. At posterior end, below the neural arch, are pleurocentra. This element gave ...

Evidence on the safety of vertebral body tethering for idiopathic scoliosis in children and young people is limited but raises concerns of serious complications. Evidence on its efficacy is inadequate ...