Accuracy of Imaging in Dynamic Spondylolisthesis: Emerging Strategies and Understanding for Pain Physicians: A Systematic Review.

Background: Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is prevalent, with lumbar spondylolisthesis a common cause of the condition. Spondylolisthesis, the displacement of one vertebra over another, can have various causes. Isthmic and degenerative forms are the most common.

Management and outcomes of adult traumatic cervical spondyloptosis: A case report and systematic review.

Study Design: Systematic Review.

Objective: To elucidate treatment modalities and outcomes of patients with traumatic cervical spondyloptosis (TCS).

Summary: Traumatic cervical spondyloptosis (TCS) is rare and typically leads to devastating neurological injury.

Prolonged length of stay and discharge disposition to rehabilitation facilities following single-level posterior lumbar interbody fusion for acquired spondylolisthesis.

Background: Acquired lumbar spondylolisthesis is often treated with interbody fusion. However, few studies have evaluated predictors for prolonged length of stay (LOS) and disposition to rehabilitation facilities after posterior single-level lumbar interbody fusion for acquired spondylolisthesis.

Methods: The American College of Surgeons National Quality Improvement Program database was queried for adults with acquired spondylolisthesis who underwent single-level lumbar interbody fusion through a posterior approach (posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) or transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion [TLIF]).

A Multidisciplinary Spine Surgical Indications Conference Leads to Alterations in Surgical Plans in a Significant Number of Cases: A Case Series.

Study Design: Case series.

Objective: To evaluate the impact of a multidisciplinary spine surgery indications conference (MSSIC) on surgical planning for elective spine surgeries.

Summary Of Background Data: Identifying methods for pairing the proper patient with the optimal intervention is of the utmost importance for improving spine care and patient outcomes.

Spinal Epidural Abscess: A Review of Presentation, Management, and Medicolegal Implications.

Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is a rare condition associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Despite advances in diagnostic medicine, early recognition of SEAs remains elusive. The vague presentation of the disease, coupled with its numerous risk factors, the diagnostic requirement for obtaining advanced imaging, and the necessity of specialized care constitute extraordinary challenges to both diagnosis and treatment of SEA.

Reliability and Clinical Utility of the CARDS Classification for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Objective: The objective of this study is to determine the reliability and clinical utility of the of the proposed CARDS classification for degenerative spondylolisthesis.

Background: The Clinical and Radiographic Degenerative Spondylolisthesis (CARDS) classification system was recently proposed as an alternative to the Meyerding system for classifying degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS).

Advances in the understanding of cervical spine deformity.

Cervical spine deformities pose substantial challenges for spine surgeons. The anatomy and biomechanics of the cervical spine play an important role in the decision-making process regarding treatment. The etiology of cervical deformities can be congenital, developmental, iatrogenic, degenerative, or inflammatory.

Functional analysis of fruitless gene expression by transgenic manipulations of Drosophila courtship.

A gal4-containing enhancer-trap called C309 was previously shown to cause subnormal courtship of Drosophila males toward females and courtship among males when driving a conditional disrupter of synaptic transmission (shi(TS)). We extended these manipulations to analyze all features of male-specific behavior, including courtship song, which was almost eliminated by driving shi(TS) at high temperature. In the context of singing defects and homosexual courtship affected by mutations in the fru gene, a tra-regulated component of the sex-determination hierarchy, we found a C309/tra(F) combination also to induce high levels of courtship between pairs of males and "chaining" behavior in groups; however, these doubly transgenic males sang normally.