Results: 59

Retrospective analysis of spinal fracture cases in a tertiary hospital

Coluna/Columna; 22 (4), 2023
ABSTRACT: Objective: To evaluate the clinical and epidemiological profile of patients diagnosed with spinal fractures treated at Hospital Regional de São José Dr. Homero de Miranda Gomes (HRSJ), from the municipality of São José/SC, from March 2020 to March 2021. Methods: An observational study was c...

Thirty-day unplanned readmission after spine surgery: analysis of 650 cases

Coluna/Columna; 22 (3), 2023
ABSTRACT: Objective: Postoperative readmission rates can be used to assess hospital care quality. The rates of unplanned readmission within 30 days after spine surgery are variable in the literature, and no studies have evaluated such rates in a single Latin American center. This study aimed to assess th...

Prevalence of spinal diseases in practitioners of bodybuilding

Coluna/Columna; 22 (3), 2023
ABSTRACT: Introduction: Low back pain has a high prevalence, impacting the quality of life. Bodybuilding has been studied as a conservative treatment that helps reduce pain, but it is still underused and often associated with worsening the pathology. Objective: The objective of the study is to describe ...

Neurological recovery after surgical treatment in patients with thoracolumbar trm

Coluna/Columna; 22 (1), 2023
ABSTRACT Objective: Evaluate the neurological recovery with a follow-up of 06 (six) months in victims of thoracic and lumbar fractures who underwent spinal decompression in less than 24 hours, between 24 and 48 hours, and more than 48 hours after the trauma. Methods: Data were collected on patients see...

Analysis of cervical sagittal balance in patients neck pain and no neck pain

Coluna/Columna; 22 (2), 2023
ABSTRACT Introduction: Sagittal balance was measured by Hardacker`s et al. using the occipital method COBB C1-C2, C2-C3, C3-C4, C4-C5, C5-C6, C6-C7 in a sample of asymptomatic patients without neck and shoulder pain. In other recent studies, measurements of cervical sagittal balance included several rad...

Correlation of postoperative infection with the etiology of the disease in spinal surgery with instrumentation

Coluna/Columna; 21 (2), 2022
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the epidemiological characteristics of postoperative infection in surgeries of the spine with instrumentation in our service, and whether there is a correlation between the rate of postoperative infection and the etiology of the indication for the primary surgical procedu...

Cross-cultural validation of a questionnaire to assess spinal pain in children

Coluna/Columna; 21 (2), 2022
ABSTRACT Objective: To validate the cross-cultural adaptation of the English version of theYoung Spine Questionnaire (YSQ) to Portuguese. The questionnaire enables the evaluation, in children, of back pain prevalence and frequency, restrictions on activity, care-seeking behavior, and the influence that ...

Immediate analgesic effect of 4khz amfs interferential current on chronic low back pain

Coluna/Columna; 21 (2), 2022
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the immediate effect of amplitude modulation frequencies (AMFs) of 4kHz interferential current (IFC) on chronic low back pain (CLBP). Method: This is a randomized controlled clinical trial. Sixty-three subjects with CLBP were recruited. The subjects were randomized into 3...

Compresión medular por linfoma B difuso de célulagrande en columna torácica en paciente con infección por VIH no diagnosticada. Reporte de caso
Spinal cord compression due to diffuse large B cell lymphoma in the thoracic spine in a patient with undiagnosed HIV infection. Case report

El linfoma no Hodgkin difuso de célula B grande corresponde a un tipo raro de tumor que se ha visto asociado a infección por VIH. Se presenta el caso de un paciente masculino con una presentación inusual de linfoma en columna con compresión medular a nivel de T12 el cual adicionalmente cursa con una ...

Long-term use of denosumab in giant cell tumors and vertebral aneurysmal bone cysts

Coluna/Columna; 21 (1), 2022
ABSTRACT Introduction: Denosumab is a human monoclonal antibody that binds to the receptor activator of nuclear factor kB (RANKL), it is used in the treatment of Osteoporosis. The Giant Cell Tumor (GCT) and the Aneurysmal Bone Cyst (ABC) use the same RANKL, and for this reason this drug began to be used...