| 1. |
|
|
| 2. |
|
|
| 3. |
|
|
| 4. |
- Bauer, H
(författare)
-
Surgical strategy for spinal metastases
- 2002
-
Ingår i: Spine. - : Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health). - 1528-1159 .- 0362-2436. ; 27:10, s. 1124-1125
-
Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
|
|
| 5. |
- Crnalic, Sead, et al.
(författare)
-
Predicting survival for surgery of metastatic spinal cord compression in prostate cancer : a new score
- 2012
-
Ingår i: Spine. - 0362-2436 .- 1528-1159. ; 37:26, s. 2168-2176
-
Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Study design. We retrospectively analyzed prognostic factors for survival in prostate cancer patients operated for metastatic spinal cord compression.Objective. The aim was to obtain a clinical score for prediction of survival after surgery.Summary of background data. Survival prognosis is important when deciding about treatment of patients with metastatic spinal cord compression. The criteria for identifying prostate cancer patients who may benefit from surgical treatment are unclear.Patients and methods The study comprised 68 consecutive patients with prostate cancer operated for metastatic spinal cord compression at Umeå University Hospital, Sweden. The indication for surgery was neurological deficit; 53 patients had hormone-refractory prostate cancer, and 15 patients had previously untreated, hormone-naïve prostate cancer. In 42 patients posterior decompression was performed and 26 patients were operated with posterior decompression and stabilization.Results A new score for prediction of survival was developed based on the results of survival analyses. The score includes: hormone status of prostate cancer, Karnofsky performance status, evidence of visceral metastasis, and preoperative serum PSA. The total scores ranged from 0 to 6. Three prognostic groups were formulated: group A (n = 32) with scores 0-1; group B (n = 23) with scores 2-4, and group C (n = 12) with scores 5-6. The median overall survival was 3 (0.3 - 20) months in group A, 16 (1.8 - 59) months in group B, and in group C more than half (7 of 12) of patients were still alive.Conclusion We present a new prognostic score for predicting survival of prostate cancer patients after surgery for metastatic spinal cord compression. The score is easy to apply in clinical practice and may be used as additional support when making decision about treatment.
|
|
| 6. |
- Gutke, Annelie, et al.
(författare)
-
Untitled - Response
- 2006
-
Ingår i: Spine. - : Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health). - 0362-2436 .- 1528-1159. ; 31:20, s. 2406-2407
-
Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
|
|
| 7. |
|
|
| 8. |
- Luoma, Katariina, et al.
(författare)
-
Lumbosacral transitional vertebra : relation to disc degeneration and low back pain
- 2004
-
Ingår i: Spine. - 0362-2436 .- 1528-1159. ; 29:2, s. 200-5
-
Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional magnetic-resonance imaging (MRI) study. OBJECTIVE To investigate the relation of the lumbosacral transitional vertebra to signs of disc degeneration in MRI and to low back pain (LBP). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: An association between the transitional vertebra and herniation in the disc above has been found in patients with LBP, but knowledge of the relation to other degenerative disc changes detected in MRI and to LBP is lacking. METHODS: MR images of the lumbar spine of 138 middle-aged working men and 25 healthy young men were evaluated. The presence and type of lumbosacral transitional vertebra and of degenerative changes in intervertebral discs were evaluated. The history of low back symptoms was obtained with a questionnaire from the middle-aged men. RESULTS: The prevalence of transitional vertebra was 30%. Transitional vertebra was associated with an increased risk of degenerative changes in the disc above among the young men and with a decreased risk in the disc below among the middle-aged men. Transitional vertebra, symmetric or asymmetric, was not associated with any type of LBP in the middle-aged men. CONCLUSIONS: Lumbosacral transitional vertebra increases the risk of early degeneration in the upper disc. This effect seems to be obscured by age-related changes in the middle age. The degenerative process is slowed down in the lower disc. For these effects, the presence of a transitional vertebra should be noticed when morphologic methods are used in research on lumbosacral spine. Transitional vertebra is not associated with any type of LBP.
|
|
| 9. |
|
|
| 10. |
- Siegmund, Gunter P., et al.
(författare)
-
Letter to the editor
- 2019
-
Ingår i: Spine. - Malmö : Malmö universitet. - 1528-1159 .- 0362-2436. ; 44:2, s. E133-E133:1, s. i-i
-
Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
|
|
