Spondylosis

07/01/2012 - "A preliminary study of three and four levels degenerative cervical spondylosis treated with peek cages and anterior cervical plate."
07/01/2013 - "[Use of the PEEK cage in cervical spondylosis treatment]."
02/01/2011 - "Cervical spondylosis patients with sympathetic symptoms may be managed successfully with ACDF using PEEK cages. "
02/01/2011 - "Retrospective analysis was undertaken for 39 patients who were diagnosed as cervical spondylosis with sympathetic symptoms and underwent ACDF with PEEK cages. "
08/01/2007 - "ACDF using PEEK cages packed with DBM is a safe and efficient method for treatment of multilevel cervical disc disease and spondylosis. "

04/01/1992 - "The results therefore strongly indicate that vitamin E is effective in curing spondylosis and most probably due to its antioxidant activity."

02/01/1981 - "There appeared to be no advantage in adding chlormezanone in patients suffering from osteoarthritis of the hip or knee, lumbar spondylosis or capsulitis of the shoulder, but there was significant improvement in both pain relief and quality of sleep in those patients with neck pain."

05/01/2003 - "This study evaluated the efficacy and safety of titanium cage implants in cervical reconstruction to treat cervical spondylosis. "
09/01/2014 - "Surgical strategies in interbody titanium cage fixation for cervical spondylosis and discogenic disease."
05/01/2012 - "From nine cervical spondylosis patients, four underwent single-level ACDF, and five underwent two-level ACDF using cylindrical titanium cage implant(s). "
01/01/2012 - "To evaluate the clinical effects of titanium miniplate in cervical expansive open-door laminoplasty in treating cervical spondylosis. "
02/01/2014 - "To analyze the reasons why anterior decompression and titanium mesh fusion for cervical spondylosis always show poor therapeutic effects, and to investigate the clinical effects of anterior revision surgery in these patients. "

12/01/2014 - "The objective of this study is to co-relate the variables like age, sex, race, occupation, vertebral body diameter, canal diameter, canal body ratio of cervical spine vertebrae with cervical spondylosis cases with normal population. "
12/01/2014 - "It has been seen that radiological evidence of cervical spondylosis do not necessarily co-relate with clinical findings. "
01/01/2014 - "Spondylosis and DISH occur in dogs spontaneously and can co-occur in one animal. "
01/01/2013 - "DISH and spondylosis can co-occur in dogs in one animal. "
11/01/2011 - "It was concluded that spondylosis and DISH can co-occur in dogs. "

11/01/2006 - "Transgenic mice overexpressing a mutant alpha 1 (IX) collagen chain in cartilage develop a chondrodysplasia-like phenotype associated with early-onset osteoarthritis and spondylosis. "
01/01/2002 - "The effect of active absorbable algal calcium (AAA Ca) with collagen and other matrix components on aging-associated skin changes and backache and joint pain was tested in a case-controlled study of 40 test subjects and 40 age-matched control subjects (mean age, 65 years) complaining of backache and knee joint pain due to osteoarthritis, spondylosis deformans, and/or osteoporosis. "
08/20/2013 - "Compared with the control group, the mRNA expressions of aggrecan (0.715 ± 0.194) and typeII collagen (0.628 ± 0.254) markedly decreased (0.845 ± 0.186,0.913 ± 0.254, P < 0.05) and LC3-II/LC3-I declined in cervical spondylosis group. "

12/01/2014 - "Rats in the control group were treated with sham operation, only incision on local skin; rats in the remaining groups were made into cervical spondylosis models. "
01/01/2013 - "The primary aim of this trial is to assess the efficacy and safety of active acupuncture compared with sham acupuncture intervention for neck pain caused by cervical spondylosis. "
01/01/2013 - "A total of 456 patients with neck pain caused by cervical spondylosis who meet the eligibility criteria from outpatient clinics of the Second People's Hospital of Fujian Province and the Affiliated Rehabilitation Hospital, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine will be recruited and randomized into an active acupuncture or sham acupuncture group. "
05/14/2007 - "Western blot analysis showed time-dependent changes of caspase-3 and IL-1beta protein in the cervical cord and gastric antrum of rats with cervical spondylosis; there was no significant expression of caspase-3 and IL-1beta protein in the control group at 3 mo and 5 mo after the sham operation, whereas there was a significant difference in caspase-3 and IL-1beta protein levels between the model group rats followed up for 3 mo and those for 5 mo (P < 0.05). "

05/14/2007 - "To determine the expression of c-Fos, caspase-3 and interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) in the cervical cord and stomach of rats with cervical spondylosis, to analyze their relationship, and to offer an explanation of one possible cause for functional dyspepsia (FD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) caused by cervical spondylosis. "
10/01/2006 - "This study was designed to determine the association of restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) of estrogen receptor (ER), vitamin D receptor (VDR), parathyroid hormone (PTH) and interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) genes with the radiological severity of lumbar spondylosis at the disk level from L1/2 to L5/S1 in Japanese post-menopausal women. "

06/03/2010 - "The association of vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphisms to the lumbar degenerative disc disease has been previously studied; however, the role of VDR gene polymorphisms in cervical spondylosis remains unknown. "
10/01/2006 - "Distinct association of gene polymorphisms of estrogen receptor and vitamin D receptor with lumbar spondylosis in post-menopausal women."
10/01/2006 - "This study was designed to determine the association of restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) of estrogen receptor (ER), vitamin D receptor (VDR), parathyroid hormone (PTH) and interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) genes with the radiological severity of lumbar spondylosis at the disk level from L1/2 to L5/S1 in Japanese post-menopausal women. "

11/01/1994 - "Twelve cases, including cervical trauma, cervical spondylosis, and ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL), underwent multilevel corpectomies or spondylectomies with iliac bone or hydroxylapatite grafting combined with the TLSP system. "
04/01/2010 - "This study was aimed to evaluate the preliminary efficacy and the safety of the fusion cage made of biomimetic nano-hydroxyapatite and polyamide 66 (n-HA/PA66) composites for the structural reconstruction and the restoration of height of vertebral body in the case of cervical spondylosis by anterior surgical procedures. "

03/01/1991 - "Using an operating microscope ACD is a safe and effective procedure for patients with soft disc herniation, but the authors still prefer anterior cervical discectomy with interbody fusion for the patients with advanced spondylosis."
01/01/1999 - "A prospective, randomized trial was performed to compare the efficacy of anterior cervical discectomy (ACD) with ACD and fusion (ACDF) for the treatment of cervical spondylosis in patients with neurological compromise. "
08/01/2015 - "Our aim was to compare the safety and efficacy of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) using the Zero-P spacer versus the plate method in patients with cervical spine spondylosis. "
02/01/2012 - "The aim of this study was to compare the clinical and radiographic results and complications of anterior cervical discectomy fusion (ACDF) and anterior cervical corpectomy fusion (ACCF) in the treatment of multi-level cervical spondylosis. "
12/01/2007 - "The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of a consecutive series of 16 patients affected by degenerative cervical spondylosis and operated on by anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACFD) by means of anterior bioresorbable plate and screws. "

02/01/2012 - "There is considerable controversy as to which technique is best option for reconstruction after multilevel anterior decompression for cervical spondylosis. "
01/01/1990 - "These findings can be partly explained by patient selection criteria; nevertheless they do serve to emphasises the point often ignored in discussions of the efficacy of surgery in cervical spondylosis, that operations significantly often fail to achieve adequate decompression. "
05/01/2011 - "Anterior hybrid decompression and segmental fixation is a safe and effective procedure for adjacent three-level cervical spondylosis."
03/01/2013 - "To study the microsurgical decompression combined with cervical artificial disc replacement clinical efficacy for the treatment of cervical spondylosis. "
12/01/2012 - "The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of anterior decompression in patients with unilateral upper-extremity amyotrophy caused by cervical spondylosis. "

04/01/2005 - "The authors prospectively investigated the safety and efficacy of using the ProDisc-C disc for cervical arthroplasty in the treatment of symptomatic cervical spondylosis. "
01/01/2015 - "The purpose of this study is to estimate the effectiveness of multi-level cervical arthroplasty over single-level CDA for the treatment of cervical spondylosis and disc diseases. "
02/01/2012 - "In the present study the authors used CT scanning to assess HO formation, and they investigated differences in radiological and clinical outcomes in patients with either a soft-disc herniation or spondylosis who underwent cervical arthroplasty. "
10/15/2006 - "[The clinical study of cervical arthroplasty in management of cervical spondylosis]."
08/01/2013 - "Cervical disk arthroplasty gained reliable clinical outcomes for treating single-level and 2-level cervical spondylosis. "

08/01/2002 - "The objectives of the study were to find out the effects of cervical traction (CT) and exercise on the patients with chronic cervical spondylosis. "
01/01/2015 - "[Forty-four cases of cervical spondylosis with dissociated motor loss in upper extremity treated with needle scalpel combined with traction]."
07/01/2014 - "To analyze the data of angle variation on traction based on a finite element model of complete cervical spine with straight physiological curvature, and try to give experimental reference and suggestion in treating cervical spondylosis. "
01/01/2012 - "From August 2008 to December 2009, 65 patients with cervical spondylosis were randomly divided into manipulation group and traction group. "
07/01/2011 - "Cervical traction is a physical therapy procedure frequently used to treat cervical disk lesions, cervical spondylosis, and cervical facet joint lesions. "

03/20/1976 - "The preoperative demonstration of significant lumbar spondylosis was often difficult, but decompressive laminectomy in 34 patients produced relief of urinary symptoms and improvement in bladder function in 75%."
03/01/2015 - "The authors retrospectively reviewed the electronic medical records of all patients who had undergone firsttime, bilateral laminectomy at 1, 2, or 3 levels for lumbar spondylosis at the authors' institution. "
08/01/2003 - "Although some patients develop postural anomaly, laminectomy remains, in terms of instability, a justifiable procedure in the elderly patient with spondylosis."
06/01/1999 - "Outcomes (Odom's criteria) after laminectomy (24 patients) and circumferential thoracic procedures (2 patients) were good to excellent in the 73% of patients with spondylosis/OPLL, in 83% with OYL, and excellent for all 3 with spondylosis/OPLL and OYL. "
06/01/1993 - "It is concluded that cervical laminectomy is an effective procedure for treating patients with cervical spondylosis causing myeloradiculopathy. "