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Spinal Case Studies
Here spine specialists present many cases that are challenging and compelling. Each case provides a patient's history, exam and imaging, treatment, outcome and peer discussion. Cast your vote for treatment and share in the case discussions.
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SpineUniverse Case Study: Make your recommendation. Progressive intractable low back pain and proximal lower extremity pain.
Adult male sustained L1 and L2 fractures during a helicopter crash. One year after treatment elsewhere, the patient presents with...
Alok D. Sharan, MD, MHCDS
Would you consider Awake Spinal Fusion in this 48-year-old male who developed lumbar disc reherniation after a successful...
Christopher R Hemmer, DNP, ANP
The authors pose 2 questions for consideration regarding a young adult with a previous history of low back pain now reporting marked...
A 76-year-old male presented with severe positive sagittal imbalance and neurogenic claudication following a prior L3-S1 decompression...
A 53-year-old male presented with progressive weakness in his hands and legs that became noticeable 3 months ago, and has...
Failed back surgery syndrome in a 69-year-old male celebrity, who had multilevel lumbar laminectomies in 2015 by a surgeon other than...
The patient is a 62-year-old male with a known history of stage IV non-small cell lung adenocarcinoma with metastasis to the L4...
A 71-year-old female presented with mechanical back pain, neurogenic claudication and worsening posture. Her primary complaint was...
Lali Sekhon, MD, PhD, FAANS, FRACS, FACS
Case report of a 31-year-old female who sustained a traumatic T3 burst fracture during a rollover motor vehicle accident. She was...
An elderly female presenting with bilateral abdominal pain radiating to the umbilicus and progressive bilateral lower extremity...
Adolescent female with multiple ephysial dysplasia was diagnosed with scoliosis at age 12. She presents with progressive back pain,...
When evaluating a patient with hip pain, do not overlook the lumbar spine. This patient had no low back pain, but the spine was the...
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A 67-year-old retired male presents with back and bilateral buttock pain with bilateral posterior...
A 75-year-old female homemaker presents with persistent severe low back pain for many years. Now,...
Alexios Apazidis, MD, MBA
A 52-year-old female smoker presents with progressive worsening of her neck pain and radiculopathy...
Reginald J Davis, MD, FACS
A 71-year-old widowed housewife presents with a long history of progressive low back pain. At...
Joshua M. Ammerman, MD
Matthew D. Ammerman, MD
A 29-year-old female presents with vertebral body fracture at L1 following a motor vehicle accident.
Pseudarthrosis complicated the patient's postop course. Use of an external bone stimulator (Spinal...
The patient is a 55-year-old male who works as a heavy equipment operator. He is 5'-11" tall and...
A 97-year old osteoporotic female presented with a four-day history of progressively worsening...
The patient is a 67-year-old female with intermittent back pain that has become somewhat more...
An 82-year-old Caucasian female with osteoporosis presented with excruciating (9/10) mid-thoracic...
Isador H. Lieberman, MD, MBA, FRCSC
The patient is a 59-year-old female who presents with mechanical back pain, radiating buttock and...
The patient is an active 82-year-old female with a history of osteoporosis. She presents with...
A 59-year-old female presented with history of chronic bilateral lower extremity radicular pain....