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Background Context

Patient-reported outcomes are becoming increasingly important when investigating results of patient and disease management. In sacral tumor, the symptoms of patients can vary substantially; therefore, no single questionnaire can adequately account for the full spectrum of symptoms and disability.

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to analyze redundancy within the current sacral tumor survey and make a recommendation for an updated version based on the results and patient and expert opinions.

Study Design/Setting

A survey study from a tertiary care orthopedic oncology referral center was used.

Patient Sample

The patient sample included 70 patients with sacral tumors (78% chordoma).

Outcome Measures

The following 10 questionnaires included in the current sacral tumor survey were evaluated: the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Global Item short form, PROMIS Pain Intensity short form, PROMIS Pain Interference short form, PROMIS Neuro-QOL v1.0 Lower Extremity Function short form, PROMIS v1.0 Anxiety short form, the PROMIS v1.0 Depression short form, the International Continence Society Male short form, the Modified Obstruction-Defecation Syndrome questionnaire, the PROMIS Sexual Function Profile v1.0, and the Stoma Quality of Life tool.

Methods

We performed an exploratory factor analysis to calculate the possible underlying latent traits. Spearman rank correlation coefficients were used to measure to what extent the questionnaires converged. We hypothesized the existence of six domains based on current literature: mental health, physical health, pain, gastrointestinal symptoms, sexual function, and urinary incontinence. To assess content validity, we surveyed 32 patients, 9 orthopedic oncologists, 1 medical oncologist, 1 radiation oncologist, and 1 orthopedic oncology nurse practitioner with experience in treating sacral tumor patients on the relevance of the domains.

Results

Reliability as measured by Cronbach alpha ranged from 0.65 to 0.96. Coverage measured by floor and ceiling effects ranged from 0% to 52% and from 0% to 30%, respectively. Explanatory factor analysis identified three traits to which the questionnaires that were expected to measure a similar construct correlated the most: mental health, physical function, and pain. Content validity index demonstrated low disagreement among patients (range: 0.10–0.18) and high agreement among physicians (range: 0.91–1.0) on the relevance of the proposed domains. Social health was identified by 50% of the commenting patients as an important yet missing domain.

Conclusions

The current sacral tumor survey is incomplete and time-consuming, and not all surveys are appropriate for the sacral tumor population. Our recommended survey contains less than half the questions and includes the newly recognized social health domain.  相似文献   

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Background Context

General questionnaires are often used to assess quality of life in patients with spine metastases, although a disease-specific survey did not exist until recently. The Spine Oncology Study Group has developed an outcomes questionnaire (SOSG-OQ) to measure quality of life in these patients. However, a scoring system was not developed, and the questionnaire was not validated in a group of patients, nor was it compared with other general quality of life questionnaires such as the EuroQol 5 Dimensions (EQ-5D) questionnaire.

Purpose

Our primary null hypothesis is that there is no association between the SOSG-OQ and EQ-5D. Our secondary null hypothesis is that there is no difference in coverage and internal consistency between the SOSG-OQ and EQ-5D. We also assess coverage, consistency, and validity of the domains within the SOSG-OQ.

Study Design/Setting

A survey study from a tertiary care spine referral center was used for this study.

Patient Sample

The patient sample consisted of 82 patients with spine metastases, myeloma, or lymphoma.

Outcome Measures

The SOSG-OQ (27 questions, 6 domains) score ranges from 0 to 80, with a higher score indicating worse quality of life. The EQ-5D (5 questions, 5 domains) index score ranges from 0 to 1, with a higher score indicating better quality of life.

Methods

The association between the SOSG-OQ and EQ-5D index score was assessed using the Spearman rank correlation. Instrument coverage and precision were assessed by determining item completion rate, median score with range, and floor and ceiling effect. Internal consistency was assessed using Cronbach alpha. Multitrait analysis and exploratory factor analysis were used to analyze properties of the individual domains in the SOSG-OQ.

Results

The Spearman rank correlation between the SOSG-OQ and EQ-5D questionnaire was high (r=?0.83, p<.001). Internal consistency of the SOSG-OQ (0.92, 95% CI: 0.89–0.94) was higher as compared to the internal consistency of the EQ-5D (0.73, 95% CI: 0.63–0.84; p<.001). The SOSG-OQ score had no floor or ceiling effect indicating good coverage (median 30, range 3–64), whereas the EQ-5D had a ceiling effect of 10% (median 0.71, range 0.05–1).

Conclusions

In conclusion, our study proposes a scoring methodology—after reversing four inversely scored items—for the SOSG-OQ and shows that the questionnaire is a valid tool for the assessment of quality of life in patients with metastatic spine disease. The SOSG-OQ is superior to the EQ-5D in terms of coverage and internal consistency but consists of more questions.  相似文献   

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Background Context

Waddell et al. identified a set of eight non-organic signs in 1980. There has been controversy about their meaning, particularly with respect to their use as validity indicators.

Purpose

The current study examined the Waddell signs in relation to measures of somatic amplification or over-reporting in a sample of outpatient chronic pain patients. We examined the degree to which these signs were associated with measures of over-reporting.

Study Design/Setting

This study examined scores on the Waddell signs in relation to over-reporting indicators in an outpatient chronic pain sample.

Patient Sample

We examined 230 chronic pain patients treated at a multidisciplinary pain clinic. The majority of these patients presented with primary back or spinal injuries.

Outcome Measures

The outcome measures used in the study were Waddell signs, Modified Somatic Perception Questionnaire, Pain Disability Index, and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Restructured Form.

Methods

We examined Waddell signs using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and analysis of variance (ANOVA), receiver operating characteristic analysis, classification accuracy, and relative risk ratios.

Results

Multivariate analysis of variance and ANOVA showed a significant association between Waddell signs and somatic amplification. Classification analyses showed increased odds of somatic amplification at a Waddell score of 2 or 3.

Conclusions

Our results found significant evidence of an association between Waddell signs and somatic over-reporting. Elevated scores on the Waddell signs (particularly scores higher than 2 and 3) were associated with increased odds of exhibiting somatic over-reporting.  相似文献   

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Background Context

Physical therapy is commonly sought by people with lumbar disc herniation and associated radiculopathy. It is unclear whether physical therapy is effective for this population.

Purpose

To determine the effectiveness of physical therapist-delivered individualized functional restoration as an adjunct to guideline-based advice in people with lumbar disc herniation and associated radiculopathy.

Study Design

This is a preplanned subgroup analysis of a multicenter parallel group randomized controlled trial.

Patient Sample

The study included 54 participants with clinical features of radiculopathy (6-week to 6-month duration) and imaging showing a lumbar disc herniation.

Outcome Measures

Primary outcomes were activity limitation (Oswestry Disability Index) and separate 0–10 numerical pain rating scales for leg pain and back pain. Measures were taken at baseline and at 5, 10, 26, and 52 weeks.

Methods

The participants were randomly allocated to receive either individualized functional restoration incorporating advice (10 sessions) or guideline-based advice alone (2 sessions) over a 10-week period. Treatment was administered by 11 physical therapists at private clinics in Melbourne, Australia.

Results

Between-group differences for activity limitation favored the addition of individualized functional restoration to advice alone at 10 weeks (7.7, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.3–15.1) and 52 weeks (8.2, 95% CI 0.7–15.6), as well as back pain at 10 weeks (1.4, 95% CI 0.2–2.7). There were no significant differences between groups for leg pain at any follow-up. Several secondary outcomes also favored individualized functional restoration over advice.

Conclusions

In participants with lumbar disc herniation and associated radiculopathy, an individualized functional restoration program incorporating advice led to greater reduction in activity limitation at 10- and 52-week follow-ups compared with guideline-based advice alone. Although back pain was significantly reduced at 10 weeks with individualized functional restoration, this effect was not maintained at later timepoints, and there were no significant effects on leg pain, relative to guideline-based advice.  相似文献   

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Background Context

Epidural steroid injection is commonly used in patients with chronic low back pain. Applying a mixture of a local anesthetic (LA) and steroid using the interlaminar (IL), transforaminal, and caudal techniques is a preferred approach.

Purpose

The present study aims to investigate the efficacy of interlaminar epidural steroid administration in patients with multilevel lumbar disc pathology (LDP) and to assess the possible correlation of the procedure's success with age and body mass index (BMI).

Study Design

A randomized controlled trial was performed.

Patient Sample

We administered interlaminar epidural steroid to a total of 98 patients with multilevel LDP.

Outcome Measures

The visual analog scale (VAS) and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) scoring were performed on the study population at pretreatment (PRT), posttreatment, and 1, 3, 6, and 12 PRT months. A possible correlation of BMI and age with the procedure success was evaluated.

Methods

The LA group (Group L, n=50) received 10?mL 0.25% bupivacaine, whereas the steroid+LA group (Group S, n=48) received 10?mL 0.25% bupivacaine+40?mg methylprednisolone at L4–L5 intervertebral space in prone position under the guidance of C-arm fluoroscopy.

Results

There was no statistical difference in the PRT VAS and ODI scores between the groups (p<.05), whereas the VAS and ODI scores at 1, 3, 6, and 12 posttreatment months were higher in Group L, compared with Group S (p<.05). Age and BMI were not found to be related with the success of the procedure.

Conclusions

Our study results showed that the VAS and ODI scores were lower in patients with multilevel LDP receiving steroid, following the administration of IL epidural injection. However, further studies are required to establish a robust conclusion on the dispersion of IL epidural injections in the epidural area and the dose of steroid.  相似文献   

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Background Context

To date, no information about the cortical bone microstructural properties in atlas vertebrae with posterior arch defects has been reported.

Purpose

To test if there is an increased cortical bone thickening in atlases with Type A posterior atlas arch defects in an experimental model.

Study Design

Micro-computed tomography (CT) study on cadaveric atlas vertebrae.

Methods

We analyzed the cortical bone thickness, the cortical volume, and the medullary volume (SkyScan 1172 Bruker micro-CT NV, Kontich, Belgium) in cadaveric dry vertebrae with a Type A atlas arch defect and normal control vertebrae.

Results

The micro-CT study revealed significant differences in cortical bone thickness (p=.005), cortical volume (p=.003), and medullary volume (p=.009) values between the normal and the Type A vertebrae.

Conclusions

Type A congenital atlas arch defects present a cortical bone thickening that may play a protective role against atlas fractures.  相似文献   

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Background Context

Elective spine surgery is a commonly performed operative procedure, that requires knowledge of risk-adjusted results to improve outcomes and reduce costs.

Purpose

To develop risk-adjusted models to predict the adverse outcomes (AOs) of care during the inpatient and 90-day post-discharge period for spine fusion surgery.

Study Design/Setting

To identify the significant risk factors associated with AOs and to develop risk models that measure performance.

Patient Sample

Hospitals that met minimum criteria of both 20 elective cervical and 20 elective non-cervical spine fusion operations in the 2012–2014 Medicare limited dataset.

Outcome Measures

The risk-adjusted AOs of inpatient deaths, prolonged length-of-stay for the index hospitalization, 90-day post-discharge deaths, and 90-day post-discharge readmissions were dependent variables in predictive risk models.

Methods

Over 500 candidate risk factors were used for logistic regression models to predict the AOs. Models were then used to predicted risk-adjusted AO rates by hospitals.

Results

There were 874 hospitals with a minimum of both 20 cervical and 20 non-cervical spine fusion patients. There were 167,395 total cases. A total of 7,981 (15.9%) of cervical fusion patients and 17,481 (14.9%) of non-cervical fusion patients had one or more AOs for an overall AO rate of 15.2%. A total of 54 hospitals (6.2%) had z-scores that were 2.0 better than predicted with a median risk adjusted AO rate of 9.2%, and 75 hospitals (8.6%) were 2.0 z-scores poorer than predicted with a median risk-adjusted AO rate of 23.2%.

Conclusions

Differences among hospitals defines opportunities for care improvement.  相似文献   

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Background Context

Pain is commonly associated with symptoms of depression or anxiety, although this relationship is considered bidirectional. There is limited knowledge regarding causal relationships.

Purpose

This study aims to investigate whether chronic low back pain (LBP) increases the risk of depression or anxiety symptoms, after adjusting for shared familial factors.

Study Design

This is a longitudinal, genetically informative study design from the Murcia Twin Registry in Spain.

Patient Sample

The patient sample included 1,269 adult twins with a mean age of 53 years.

Outcome Measures

The outcome of depression or anxiety symptoms was evaluated with EuroQol questionnaire.

Methods

Using logistic regression analyses, twins were initially assessed as individuals in the total sample analysis, followed by a co-twin case-control, which was partially (dizygotic [DZ] twins) and fully (monozygotic [MZ] twins) adjusted for shared familial factors. There was no external funding for this study and no conflict of interest was declared.

Results

There was a significant association between chronic LBP and the risk of depression or anxiety symptoms in the unadjusted total sample analysis (odds ratio [OR]: 1.81, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.34–2.44). After adjusting for confounders, the association remained significant (OR: 1.43, 95% CI: 1.05–1.95), although the adjusted co-twin case-control was non-significant in DZ (OR: 1.03, 95% CI: 0.50–2.13) and MZ twins (OR: 1.86, 95% CI: 0.63–5.51).

Conclusions

The relationship between chronic LBP and the future development of depression or anxiety symptoms is not causal. The relationship is likely to be explained by confounding from shared familial factors, given the non-statistically significant associations in the co-twin case-control analyses.  相似文献   

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Background Context

The results of meta-analyses are frequently reported, but understanding and interpreting them is difficult for both clinicians and patients. Statistical significances are presented without referring to values that imply clinical relevance.

Purpose

This study aimed to use the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) to rate the clinical relevance of a meta-analysis.

Study Design

This study is a review of the literature.

Patient Sample

This study is a review of meta-analyses relating to a specific topic, clinical results of cervical arthroplasty.

Outcome Measure

The outcome measure used in the study was the MCID.

Methods

We performed an extensive literature search of a series of meta-analyses evaluating a similar subject as an example. We searched in Pubmed and Embase through August 9, 2016, and found articles concerning meta-analyses of the clinical outcome of cervical arthroplasty compared with that of anterior cervical discectomy with fusion in cases of cervical degenerative disease. We evaluated the analyses for statistical significance and their relation to MCID. MCID was defined based on results in similar patient groups and a similar disease entity reported in the literature.

Results

We identified 21 meta-analyses, only one of which referred to MCID. However, the researchers used an inappropriate measurement scale and, therefore, an incorrect MCID. The majority of the conclusions were based on statistical results without mentioning clinical relevance.

Conclusions

The majority of the articles we reviewed drew conclusions based on statistical differences instead of clinical relevance. We recommend introducing the concept of MCID while reporting the results of a meta-analysis, as well as mentioning the explicit scale of the analyzed measurement.  相似文献   

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Background Context

Short-segment posterior spinal instrumentation for thoracolumbar burst fracture provides superior correction of kyphosis by an indirect reduction technique, but it has a high failure rate.

Purpose

The purpose of the study we report here was to compare outcomes for temporary short-segment pedicle screw fixation with vertebroplasty and for such fixation without vertebroplasty.

Study Design

This is a prospective multicenter comparative study.

Patient Sample

We studied 62 consecutive patients with thoracolumbar burst fracture who underwent short-segment posterior instrumentation using ligamentotaxis with Schanz screws with or without vertebroplasty.

Outcome Measures

Radiological parameters (Cobb angle on standing lateral radiographs) were used.

Methods

Implants were removed approximately 1 year after surgery. Neurologic function, kyphotic deformity, canal compromise, and fracture severity were evaluated prospectively.

Results

After surgery, all patients with neurologic deficit had improvement equivalent to at least one grade on the American Spinal Injury Association impairment scale and had fracture union. Kyphotic deformity was reduced significantly, and reduction of the vertebrae was maintained with and without vertebroplasty, regardless of load-sharing classification. Although no patient required additional anterior reconstruction, kyphotic change was observed at disc level mainly after implant removal with or without vertebroplasty.

Conclusions

Temporary short-segment fixation yielded satisfactory results in the reduction and maintenance of fractured vertebrae with or without vertebroplasty. Kyphosis recurrence may be inevitable because adjacent discs can be injured during the original trauma.  相似文献   

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Background Context

The majority of validation done on the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ) has been in patients with mild or moderate disability. There is paucity of research focusing on the psychometric quality of the RMDQ in patients with severe disability.

Purpose

To evaluate the psychometric quality of the RMDQ in patients with severe disability.

Study Design/Setting

Observational clinical study.

Sample

The sample consisted of 214 patients with painful vertebral compression fractures who underwent vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty.

Outcome Measures

The 23-item version of the RMDQ was completed at two time points: baseline and 30-day postintervention follow-up.

Methods

With the two-parameter logistic unidimensional item response theory (IRT) analyses, we derived the range of scores that produced reliable measurement and investigated the minimal clinically important difference (MCID).

Results

Scores for 214 (100%) patients at baseline and 108 (50%) patients at follow-up did not meet the reliability criterion of 0.90 or higher, with the majority of patients having disability due to back pain that was too severe to be reliably measured by the RMDQ. Depending on methodology, MCID estimates ranged from 2 to 8 points and the proportion of patients classified as having experienced meaningful improvement ranged from 26% to 68%. A greater change in score was needed at the extreme ends of the score scale to be classified as having achieved MCID using IRT methods.

Conclusions

Replacing items measuring moderate disability with items measuring severe disability could yield a version of the RMDQ that better targets patients with severe disability due to back pain. Improved precision in measuring disability would be valuable to clinicians who treat patients with greater functional impairments. Caution is needed when choosing criteria for interpreting meaningful change using the RMDQ.  相似文献   

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Background Context

The Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Questionnaire (ÖMPQ) has good psychometric properties to predict return to work in patients with acute low back pain. Although it is used in patients with chronic back pain and nonworkers, there is no evidence on the factor structure of the ÖMPQ in these populations. This is deemed an important prerequisite for future prediction studies.

Purpose

This study aimed to analyze the factor structure of the ÖMPQ in working and nonworking patients with chronic back pain.

Study Design/Setting

This is a cross-sectional study in a university-based spine center.

Patient Sample

The patient sample consists two cohorts of working and nonworking adult patients (>18 years) with specific and nonspecific chronic back pain.

Outcome Measures

The Örebro Musculoskeletal Pain Questionnaire.

Methods

Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were performed in working (N=557) and nonworking (N=266) patients for three, four, five, and six factors identified in literature. A goodness of fit index was calculated by a chi-square. Root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) was calculated, and the number of factors identified was based on RMSEA values <.05. A Tucker-Lewis index (TLI) and a normed fit index (NFI) >0.90 are considered to indicate acceptable fit.

Results

In working patients, a five-factor solution had the best fit (RMSEA<0.05; NFI and TLI >0.90), but substantial adaptations should be made to get proper fit (removal of the work-related items). In nonworking patients, a four-factor analysis had the best fit (RMSEA<0.05). For both samples, items related to duration could not fit in the overall model.

Conclusions

Factor structure of the ÖMPQ was not confirmed in working and nonworking patients with chronic back pain. Substantial adaptations should be made to obtain a factor structure with acceptable fit.  相似文献   

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Background Context

Spinal deformities are commonly associated with poor health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Several questionnaires (eg, Scoliosis Research Society-24 [SRS-24] and Scoliosis Research Society-22 [SRS-22]) have been developed to evaluate HRQOL in these conditions. In adults as well as during growth, the HRQOL is considered one of the most relevant outcomes of both conservative and surgical treatments. Rasch analysis is a powerful statistical technique for developing high-quality and valid questionnaires. The SRS-24 and SRS-22 have been evaluated using the Rasch analysis but showed poor measurement properties. Thus, a proper measure of HRQOL in people with a spine condition is still missing.

Purpose

This study aimed to develop a new questionnaire that is totally Rasch consistent for measuring the HRQOL in young people with a spine condition.

Study Design

This is a cross-sectional study for developing a new HRQOL measure.

Patient Sample

A total of 402 participants with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis or Scheuermann juvenile kyphosis were included in the study.

Outcome Measure

The outcome measure used was the Italian Spine Youth Quality of Life (ISYQOL) questionnaire.

Materials and Methods

The study consisted of different stages: a conventional approach content analysis, an opinion poll among clinicians trained in spine deformities, and the Rasch analysis (partial credit model).

Results

The Rasch analysis showed that all items of the ISYQOL questionnaire had ordered thresholds and a good fit to the model. Differential item functioning was present for Item 1, with bracing only, and was solved with a conventional items splitting procedure. The ISYQOL item map spans an adequate range of HRQOL. The principal component analysis for Rasch residuals showed, in practical terms, the ISYQOL unidimensionality. The reliability of ISYQOL was high enough so that approximately three significantly different levels of HRQOL could be discerned. Two questionnaire versions were provided for patients with and without the brace, respectively.

Conclusions

ISYQOL is the first HRQOL questionnaire developed according to the Rasch analysis. It was developed in a conservative treatment setting for all types of spinal deformities, including also patients with surgical curves. Validation in many languages is already under way.  相似文献   

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Background Context

Intraoperative monitoring (IOM) is an essential method for preventing postoperative spinal deficits during posterior vertebral column resection (VCR) surgery for treatment of severe spine deformities, but the IOM features directing at VCR procedures are rarely reported and need to be further clarified.

Purpose

To evaluate an important surgical point that will lead to the IOM loss frequently, and then remind the surgeons to pay close attention to impending monitoring changes during posterior VCR surgery.

Study Design/Setting

Retrospective study.

Patient Sample

A total of 77 patients with severe spine deformities who underwent posterior VCR and deformity correction surgeries from January 2012 to May 2015 are retrospectively analyzed in our spine center.

Outcome Measures

IOM (motor-evoked potentials [MEP] and somatosensory-evoked potentials) was used for intraoperative spinal function assessment.

Methods

Patients were divided into 2 groups according to their preoperative spinal function, including 27 patients with preoperative spinal deficits and 50 patients with spinal normal. And the IOM data during surgery, especially among VCR procedures, were mainly analyzed in the present study.

Results

With the VCR procedure almost complete, most patients showed varying degrees of IOM loss that included 37 cases showing obvious IOM degenerations and 21 cases showing significant IOM loss with alerts immediately. Moreover, the patients with preoperative spinal deficits have more significant decreasing percentage in MEP amplitude (81% vs. 68%, p<.05) than those patients without.

Conclusions

With the VCR procedure almost complete, surgeons must pay closely attention to the IOM signals and should be ready to take corresponding surgical measures to deal with the impeding monitoring loss.  相似文献   

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Background Context

Lidocaine has emerged as a useful adjuvant anesthetic agent for cases requiring intraoperative monitoring of motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) and somatosensory-evoked potentials (SSEPs). A previous retrospective study suggested that lidocaine could be used as a component of propofol-based intravenous anesthesia without adversely affecting MEP or SSEP monitoring, but did not address the effect of the addition of lidocaine on the MEP and SSEP signals of individual patients.

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to examine the intrapatient effects of the addition of lidocaine to balanced anesthesia on MEPs and SSEPs during multilevel posterior spinal fusion.

Study Design

This is a prospective, two-treatment, two-period crossover randomized controlled trial with a blinded primary outcome assessment.

Patient Sample

Forty patients undergoing multilevel posterior spinal fusion were studied.

Outcome Measures

The primary outcome measures were MEP voltage thresholds and SSEP amplitudes. Secondary outcome measures included isoflurane concentrations and hemodynamic parameters.

Methods

Each participant received two anesthetic treatments (propofol 50?mcg/kg/h and propofol 25?mcg/kg/h+lidocaine 1?mg/kg/h) along with isoflurane, ketamine, and diazepam. In this manner, each patient served as his or her own control. The order of administration of the two treatments was determined randomly.

Results

There were no significant within-patient differences between MEP threshold voltages or SSEP amplitudes during the two anesthetic treatments.

Conclusions

Lidocaine may be used as a component of balanced anesthesia during multilevel spinal fusions without adversely affecting the monitoring of SSEPs or MEPs in individual patients.  相似文献   

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Background Context

Acute fixed cervical kyphosis may be a rare presentation of conversion disorder, psychogenic dystonia, and potentially as a side effect from typical antipsychotic drugs. Haldol has been associated with acute dystonic reactions. In some cases, rigid deformities ensue. We are reporting a case of a fixed cervical kyphosis after the use of Haldol.

Purpose

To present a case of a potential acute dystonic reaction temporally associated with Haldol ingestion leading to fixed cervical kyphosis.

Study design

This is a case report.

Methods

A patient diagnosed with bipolar disorder presented to the emergency room several times with severe neck pain and stiffness. The neck appeared fixed in flexion with extensive osteophyte formation over a 3-month period.

Results

The patient's condition was resolved by a posterior-anterior-posterior surgical approach. It corrected the patient's cervical curvature from 88° to 5°.

Conclusions

Acute dystonic reactions have the potential to apply enough pressure on bone to cause rapid osteophyte formation.  相似文献   

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Background Context

Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) is the main cause of low back pain, and nucleus pulposus (NP) cell apoptosis is an important risk factor of IDD. However, the molecular mechanism of this disease remains unknown.

Purpose

To assess the potential protective effect of CDDO-ethyl amide (EA) against high-glucose-induced oxidative stress injury in NP cells and to investigate the mechanism of antioxidative effects and apoptotic inhibition.

Study Design/Setting

To find new molecule to inhibit intervertebral disc degeneration.

Methods

Viability, reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, and apoptosis were examined in NP cells. The protein expression levels of HO-1 and Nrf2 were measured through Western blot

Results

CDDO-EA elicited cytoprotective effects against NP cell apoptosis and ROS accumulation induced by high glucose. CDDO-EA treatment increased the HO-1 and Nrf2 expression abrogated by HO-1, Nrf2, and mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitors.

Conclusions

The phosphorylation and nuclear translocation of Nrf2 are crucial for HO-1 overexpression induced by CDDO-EA, which is essential for the cytoprotection against high–glucose-induced oxidative stress in NP cells.  相似文献   

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Background Context

There is a lack of information about postoperative outcomes and related risk factors associated with spinal surgery in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD).

Purpose

This study aimed to investigate the postoperative morbidity and mortality associated with spinal surgery for patients with PD, and the risk factors for poor outcomes.

Study Design

This is a retrospective matched-pair cohort study.

Patient Sample

Data of patients who underwent elective spinal surgery between July 2010 and March 2013 were extracted from the Diagnosis Procedure Combination database, a nationwide inpatient database in Japan.

Outcome Measures

In-hospital mortality and occurrence of postoperative complications.

Methods

For each patient with PD, we randomly selected up to four age- and sex-matched controls in the same hospital in the same year. The differences in in-hospital mortality and occurrence of postoperative complications were compared between patients with PD and controls. A multivariable logistic regression model fitted with a generalized estimation equation was used to identify significant predictors of major complications (surgical site infection, sepsis, pulmonary embolism, respiratory complications, cardiac events, stroke, and renal failure). Multiple imputation was used for missing data.

Results

Among 154,278 patients undergoing spinal surgery, 1,423 patients with PD and 5,498 matched controls were identified. Crude in-hospital mortality was higher in patients with PD than in controls (0.8% vs. 0.3%, respectively). The crude proportion of major complications was also higher in patients with PD (9.8% vs. 5.1% in controls). Postoperative delirium was more common in patients with PD (30.3%) than in controls (4.3%). Parkinson's disease was a significant predictor of major postoperative complications, even after adjusting for other risk factors (odds ratio, 1.74; 95% confidence intervals, 1.37–2.22; p<.001).

Conclusions

Patients with PD had a significantly increased risk of postoperative complications following spinal surgery. Postoperative delirium was the most frequently observed complication.  相似文献   

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Background

The association between early physical therapy (PT) and subsequent health-care utilization following a new visit for low back pain is not clear, particularly in the setting of acute low back pain.

Purpose

This study aimed to estimate the association between initiating early PT following a new visit for an episode of low back pain and subsequent back pain–specific health-care utilization in older adults.

Design/Setting

This is a prospective cohort study. Data were collected at three integrated health-care systems in the United States through the Back Pain Outcomes using Longitudinal Data (BOLD) registry.

Patient Sample

We recruited 4,723 adults, aged 65 and older, presenting to a primary care setting with a new episode of low back pain.

Outcome Measures

Primary outcome was total back pain–specific relative value units (RVUs), from days 29 to 365. Secondary outcomes included overall RVUs for all health care and use of specific health-care services including imaging (x-ray and magnetic resonance imaging [MRI] or computed tomography [CT]), emergency department visits, physician visits, PT, spinal injections, spinal surgeries, and opioid use.

Methods

We compared patients who had early PT (initiated within 28 days of the index visit) with those not initiating early PT using appropriate, generalized linear models to adjust for potential confounding variables.

Results

Adjusted analysis found no statistically significant difference in total spine RVUs between the two groups (ratio of means 1.19, 95% CI of 0.72–1.96, p=.49). For secondary outcomes, only the difference between total spine imaging RVUs and total PT RVUs was statistically significant. The early PT group had greater PT RVUs; the ratio of means was 2.56 (95% CI of 2.17–3.03, p<.001). The early PT group had greater imaging RVUs; the ratio of means was 1.37 (95% CI of 1.09–1.71, p=.01.)

Conclusions

We found that in a group of older adults presenting for a new episode of low back pain, the use of early PT is not associated with any statistically significant difference in subsequent back pain–specific health-care utilization compared with patients not receiving early PT.  相似文献   

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