FORMICA , Matteo

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Purpose of the study: To evaluate the results of a novel rigid–dynamic stabilization technique in lumbar degenerative segment diseases (DSD), expressly pointing out the preservation of postoperative lumbar lordosis (LL). Materials and methods: Forty-one patients with one level lumbar DSD and initial disc degeneration at the adjacent level were...

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: The aim of this study is to describe clinical and radiological outcomes as well as accompanying complications in a series of consecutive lateral transpsoas approaches (XLIF). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective study of 39 patients treated for degenerative and post-traumatic lumbar diseases was carried out. Functional...

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Background Management of small and stable meniscal tears within the vascular zone at the time of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is controversial. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcome of meniscal tear left in situ at the time of ACL reconstruction. Methods Using the IKDC, KT-1000 and the Tegner Activity Score...

Purpose of the study: To evaluate clinical outcomes and complications of extreme lumbar interbody fusion (XLIF) in spinal revision surgery comparing our data with the available literature evidence about other fusion techniques. Materials and methods: Retrospective analysis of patients underwent revision surgery with XLIF as interbody fusion...

Background: The purpose of this study was to summarize the available evidence about total lumbar disc replacement (TDR), focusing our attention on four main topics: clinical and functional outcomes, comparison with fusion surgery results, rate of complications and influence on sagittal balance. Materials and methods: We systematically searched...

Purpose: This review aims to explore and summarize the current clinical evidence about the use of regenerative medicine such as mesenchymal stem cells or platelet-rich plasma in intervertebral disc regeneration, in order to clarify the state of art of these novel approaches. Materials and methods: We performed a research of the available...

INTRODUCTION: The use of intermediate screws in fractured vertebrae has been proposed to decrease the number of fused levels in thoracolumbar fractures and to enable short fixations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of this technique and to establish predictive factors involved in loss of segmental kyphosis correction (LKC)....

A 20-year-old man presented with mild low back pain with no radicular irradiation. He was a poor historian, but recalled a gunshot wound 8 years previously that did not have any major clinical implications. Imaging studies showed a bullet in the middle of the intervertebral disc at L3–L4 (Figs. 1–3). There was no clinical or laboratory evidence...

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The accessory ossicles of the foot have a rather low incidence rate and some of them are very rare. Sometime they are diagnosed as traumatic elements, from which they can be distinguished because of their typical site, of the decised interline that separates them from adjacent bone and, above all, because of their usual bilaterality. Although...

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