Prognostic Value of the Goutallier Scale for Paravertebral Muscle Atrophy in Predicting Disability and Pain Outcomes in Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Longitudinal Cohort Study of 100 Patients.

Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a prevalent cause of disability in elderly populations, often treated with decompressive surgery. However, postoperative functional outcomes are variable and influenced by factors beyond neural compression alone. This study aimed to investigate the prognostic significance of the Goutallier Classification System (GS), a radiological index of paravertebral muscle fatty degeneration, in predicting long-term postoperative disability and pain in elderly patients undergoing decompression for LSS.

Assessing Surgical Approaches and Postoperative Complications for Thoracic Schwannomas: A Multicenter Retrospective Observational Analysis of 106 Cases.

Thoracic schwannomas are benign nerve sheath tumors that can cause neurological and respiratory symptoms depending on their location and extension. The optimal surgical approach remains debated, particularly regarding resection extent, complication rates, and postoperative morbidity. This retrospective multicenter study analyzed 106 patients treated between 2011 and 2024, classifying tumors according to the Eden system and comparing surgical strategies.

The Goutallier Classification System: How Does Paravertebral Adipose Degeneration Change in Patients With Symptomatic Lumbar Spinal Stenosis?

Study Design: Retrospective, observational study.

Objective: To determine the relationship between the Goutallier classification system (GS) and anthropometric, clinical, and radiologic features in 168 patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS).

Background: There is no agreement on a classification system that is both reliable and easy to use for describing the severity of fatty degeneration in the paravertebral muscles of the lower back in patients with symptomatic LSS.

Multiple univariate analysis of radiologic and clinical features on 168 patients with lumbar spinal stenosis: what is the role of the erector spinae in the development of a patient's disability?

Background: The weakening of paraspinal muscles in the paravertebral area may play a role in developing central lumbar spinal stenosis, resulting in lower back discomfort.

Objective: The study thoroughly examined the correlation between the Oswestry Disability Index, Dural Sac cross-sectional area, Schizas grading Scale, Body Mass Index, and the cross-sectional areas of Erector Spinae, Multifidus, and Psoas muscles. The findings were also compared between patients with central Lumbar Spinal Stenosis and healthy individuals.

Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: From the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) to the Italian Neurosurgical Society (SINch) Recommendations.

Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) is a progressively growing pathology to afford by a spinal surgeon due to the aging of the population, associated with better treatment management and the best diagnosis and treatment solutions are greatly discussed. Nowadays that scientific literature is progressively increasing to identify the gold standard in diagnosis and treatment can be very challenging. This is particularly evident in spinal surgery with many different indications not only in different countries but also in the same local reality.

Psychiatric Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease Patients before and One Year after Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy: Role of Lead Positioning and Not of Total Electrical Energy Delivered.

Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients may experience neuropsychiatric symptoms, including depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances, psychosis, as well as behavioral and cognitive symptoms during all the different stages of the illness. Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) therapy has proven to be successful in controlling the motor symptoms of PD and its possible correlation with the occurrence or worsening of neuropsychiatric symptoms has been reported. We aimed to assess the neuropsychiatric symptoms of 14 PD patients before and after one year of Subthalamic Nucleus (STN)-DBS and to correlate the possible changes to the lead placement and to the total electrical energy delivered.

Multidisciplinary management of osteoporotic vertebral fractures.

Vertebral fractures represent the most frequent complication associated with osteoporosis. Patients harboring a vertebral fracture complain physical impairment including low back pain and spine balance alteration, i.e.