Intervertebral disc degeneration, which mimics disc aging but occurs at an accelerated rate,
is considered to be related to neck or low back pain and disc herniation. Degenerated discs …

Osteoporosis is a known consequence of spinal cord injury (SCI) and occurs in almost every
SCI patient. It manifests itself as an increase in the incidence of lower extremity fractures. …

BACKGROUND: Burst fractures account for more than half of all thoracolumbar fractures,
which often cause a neurologic deficit and present a significant economic burden to the family …

Background: The impact of fusion as a supplement to short-segment instrumentation for the
treatment of thoracolumbar burst fractures is unclear. We conducted a controlled clinical trial …

Modic changes (MC) are a common phenomenon on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in
spinal degenerative diseases and strongly linked with low back pain (LBP). Histology, …

Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is largely a process of destruction and failure of the
extracellular matrix (ECM), and symptomatic IVD degeneration is thought to be one of the …

Purpose The AO Spine Classification Group was established to propose a revised AO spine
injury classification system. This paper provides details on the rationale, methodology, and …

Object Recurrent kyphosis has been commonly seen after posterior short-segment pedicle
instrumentation for a thoracolumbar fracture, but studies on this issue are relatively scarce, …

During the past 30 years various treatment protocols for hangman’s fractures have been
attempted. In order to guide the management of hangman’s fractures, different classifications …

Study Design. This study attempts to determine the biologic response of the intervertebral
disc to static and dynamic compression in vitro. Objective. To quantitate and compare the …