Tomoyuki Hashimoto

TL;DR: It is concluded that anterior decompression, strut- grafting, and fixation with the Kaneda device in patients who had a burst fracture of the thoracolumbar spine and associated neurological deficits yielded good radiographic and functional results.

TL;DR: Twenty-two patients with neurologic deficit due to delayed posttraumatic vertebral collapse after osteoporotic compression fractures of the thoracolumbar spine underwent anterior decompression and reconstruction with bioactive Apatite-Wollastonite containing glass ceramic vertebral prosthesis and Kaneda instrumentation.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the relationship between traumatic spinal canal stenosis and neurologic deficits using CT scans of 112 consecutive patients with thoracolumbar burst fractures, and calculated the stenotic ratios of the area occupied by the retropulsed bony fragments to the estimated area of the original spinal canal.

TL;DR: In a human posterolateral lumbar spine trial, OP-1 reliably induced viable amounts of new bone formation, but the fusion success rate evaluated by surgical exploration was only 4 of 7, and Histologic assessment demonstrated viable bone in 6 of 7 OP- 1 patients.

TL;DR: Cryotherapy after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction affects intraarticular temperature and clinical results and the pain score and the number of times an analgesic had to be administered were both significantly lower in the 10°C group than in the control group.