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of anatomy, biomechanics, and trauma mechanisms, likewise between the spine surgeon and the pelvic surgeon. Knowing that, a major dilemma exists around these fractures. While pelvic surgeons are more amenable to manage these fractures than spine
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Introduction Expectations of patients undergoing correction surgery for spinal deformity have been shifting toward the ideal spine shape. In most cases, surgeons can meet those expectations with new surgical techniques, improved spinal
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Introduction It is well recognized by surgeons that interventional treatments at the thoracic level are liable to be technically difficult and demanding. Not only is surgical access to the thoracic spinal canal limited by the anatomical
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between the sternocleidomastoid and the longus colli muscles, the surgeon can access two or three cervical levels and perform internal fixation of odontoid fractures or discectomy and interbody fusion. The transoral approach, which is made through a
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of 1.67. 23 , 24 Operative time depends greatly on the experience of the operating surgeons. As a matter of fact, early reports showed no difference between the two techniques. 29 More recent publications, in which operating surgeons have
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important and is largely recommended by surgeons to help patients improve their functional status and achieve their recovery goals, aiming to extend activities of daily living, from personal care to housekeeping tasks in the short term as well as returning
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, the spine surgeon and the emergency doctor is recommended. It enables rereading of the images in order to search for indirect signs of instability to establish whether or not a complementary imaging by MRI is necessary before C-collar removal
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Introduction The management of spinal deformity is a challenging issue for spine surgeons. Diagnosis, surgical decision, surgical approach, appropriate surgical technique, decision for fusion levels, or for hardware choice are all confusing
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surgeon can choose from a large number of operative methods (i.e. antegrade nail and screws around the nail ( 17 , 18 , 19 ), cephalomedullary reconstruction nails – ‘single-implant’ strategy ( 20 , 21 , 22 ), free lag screws or plate screw fixations
