2009
The Management of Spinal Injuries in Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis or Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis
Whang PG, Goldberg G, Lawrence JP, Hong J, Harrop JS, Anderson DG, Albert TJ, Vaccaro AR. The Management of Spinal Injuries in Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis or Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication 2009, 22: 77-85. PMID: 19342927, DOI: 10.1097/bsd.0b013e3181679bcb.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overComorbidityDisability EvaluationFemaleHumansHyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic SkeletalMaleMiddle AgedMortalityNeurosurgical ProceduresOutcome Assessment, Health CarePostoperative ComplicationsRadiographyRetrospective StudiesSpinal Cord CompressionSpinal FracturesSpinal InjuriesSpineSpondylitis, AnkylosingTreatment OutcomeConceptsDiffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosisIdiopathic skeletal hyperostosisSpinal injuryDISH patientsNeurologic deficitsClinical outcomesAS patientsSkeletal hyperostosisAmerican Spinal Injury Association Impairment ScaleHalo-vest orthosisOverall complication rateHalo-vest immobilizationAppropriate imaging studiesSpinal cord injurySubaxial cervical spineOdom's criteriaNonoperative treatmentComplication rateNeurologic injuryNeurologic statusASIA ARetrospective reviewOperative managementCord injurySingle institution
2007
Thoracolumbar Spine Trauma
Patel A, Brown Z, Whang P, Vaccaro A. Thoracolumbar Spine Trauma. Operative Techniques In Orthopaedics 2007, 17: 190-198. DOI: 10.1053/j.oto.2007.03.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBurst fracturesAnterior decompressionNeurologic deficitsUnstable thoracolumbar burst fracturesIncomplete neurologic deficitOperative treatment protocolAppropriate surgical strategyThoracolumbar spine traumaThoracolumbar burst fracturesPosterior ligamentous complexAssociated neurologic deficitPedicle screw instrumentationMorphology of injuriesNeurologic statusPosterior decompressionSpine traumaSurgical strategyDirect decompressionLumbar fracturesCanal occlusionInterbody fusionPosterior instrumentationTreatment protocolRelative sparingLigamentous complex