Ziconotide is the first FDA-approved agent in a promising class of drugs called the conotoxins. Its release carried the specific indication for intrathecal use in chronic pain patients.
Cervical Spine Injuries, Fractures and Whiplash. View the posterior screw-plate fixation of a breast cancer metastasis that had caused severe pain in a 57-year old woman.
Cobb angle measurement is essential in scoliosis diagnosis and monitoring, and other spinal deformities. The Ortelius800® is a 3D, radiation-free imaging system that non-invasively measures the spatial positions of the spinous processes.
Midsagittal section through the midlumbar spine of a 64–year–old female cadaver. The spine portion had been frozen in situ during routine autopsy in the supine position. The veins posterior to the spine are engorged with cruor mortis.
Learn about the anatomic background of low back pain including the progression of the pain tracts, pain-fighter path, and the specificity of low back pain.
Cervical spinal approaches by Metrix. The technical possibilities in reaching the cervical spine by videoendoscopy through the anterior and posterior approach are shown.
Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology. View the axial section through the right sacroiliac (SI) joint and the lesser pelvis at the level of S3-S4.
Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology. View the degenerated lumbar spine of a 70-year old man with a history of long-standing low back pain.
Cervical Spine Injuries,Fractures and Whiplash. View a sagittal closeup section at C6-C7 showing a screw that transgresses and partially fractures the inferior articular proscess of C6