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Assessment of intraoperative embolism during spinal surgery with transesophageal echocardiography.

Our primary study objective is whether visualizing and scoring of emboli is technically feasible. Secondary we want to asses the occurence and incidence of embolic events during spinal instrumentation surgery by intraoperative monitoring with TEE.…

prospective follow-up of focal Bone Mineral Density changes in the inter-transverse fusion mass after instrumented single-level posterolateral lumbar spine fusion

The purpose of our study is to evaluate modern dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry scan techniques (iDEXA; General Electronics, USA) as an adjunctive diagnostic tool to evaluate the ongoing process of spinal fusion. Changes in bone mineral density (BMD…

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*Metabolic adverse events/co-morbidity in chronic rheumatoid arthritis patients*

- To systematically determine the influence of disease activity of RA on the metabolic syndrome of patients with chronic RA (disease duration > 2 years).

Imaging Inflammation of the Cervical Dorsal Root Ganglion before and after Anterior Cervical Discectomy: a Pilot study

In the literature the effectiveness of the anterior cervical discectomy is measured using subjective validated questionnaires.It would be an important improvement if it is possible to detect the inflammatory process of the dorsal root ganglion with…

Hyperkyphosis and the Cobb angle: is the Cobb angle affected by posture in older adults?

To investigate: (1) the difference in degrees between a Cobb angle measured in supine position and standing position with standard instructions of the radiographer (main objective)(2) the correlation between the Cobb angle in both supine position…