Proton Radiotherapy for Management of Medulloblastoma: A Systematic Review of Clinical Outcomes by Sympascho Young, MD, Kiran Phaterpekar, BSc, Derek S. Tsang, MD, Gabriel Boldt, MLIS, Glenn S. Bauman, MD

“…There was insufficient evidence to make conclusions on endpoints of quality of life, ototoxicity, secondary malignancy, alopecia, scoliosis, cavernomas, and cerebral vasculopathy. Conclusions: Moderate-grade evidence supports proton radiotherapy as a preferred treatment for craniospinal irradiation of MB based on equivalent disease control and comparable-to-improved toxicity versus photon beam radiation therapy.…”
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Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Treated with Interleukin 1 Beta Produced Chondro-Protective Vesicles Able to Fast Penetrate in Cartilage by Alessandra Colombini, Enrico Ragni, Leonardo Mortati, Francesca Libonati, Carlotta Perucca Orfei, Marco Viganò, Marco Brayda-Bruno, Laura de Girolamo

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Towards a standardized reporting of the impact of magnetic resonance imaging on the decision-making of thoracolumbar fractures without neurological deficit: Conceptual framework an... by Mohamed M. Aly, Sebastian F. Bigdon, Ulrich J.A. Speigl, Gaston Camino-Willhuber, Saleh Baeesa, Klaus J. Schnake

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Two-stage treatment for severe spinal kyphotic deformity secondary to tuberculosis: halo-pelvic traction followed by a posterior-only approach correction by Longtao Qi, Yao Zhao, Beiyu Xu, Chunde Li, Yu Wang

“…America Spinal Injury Association grade (ASIA), Scoliosis Research Society outcome (SRS-22) score, and complications were also evaluated. …”
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Referrals and Determinant Factors of a National School Health Campaign in Lebanon on Children Aged between 3 and 12 Years Old by Peter Habchy, Léa Tahan, Charbel Moussi, Muhammad A. Barakat, Laura Ghanem, Ogarite Kattan, Alain Njeim, Leila Abou Habib, Wassim El Bitar, Béchara El Asmar, Mirna N. Chahine

“…Additional concerns encompassed abnormal vital signs (3%), abuse signs (0.6%), infectious skin lesions (1.6%), scoliosis (1.7%), abnormal auscultation (heart 1.1%, lungs 1.2%), ear problems (3.3%), precocious puberty (0.7%), and neurologic signs (0.6%). …”
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Identifying Postural Instability in Children with Cerebral Palsy Using a Predictive Model: A Longitudinal Multicenter Study by Carlo Marioi Bertoncelli, Domenico Bertoncelli, Sikha S. Bagui, Subhash C. Bagui, Stefania Costantini, Federico Solla

“…Predictors of spastic TT were neuromuscular scoliosis (<i>p</i> = 0.03), type of etiology (prenatal > perinatal > postnatal causes; <i>p</i> < 0.001), spasticity (quadri/triplegia > diplegia > hemiplegia; <i>p</i> = 0.05), presence of dystonia (<i>p</i> = 0.001), and epilepsy (refractory > controlled, <i>p</i> = 0.009). …”
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Laminoplasty versus Laminectomy in the Treatment of Primary Spinal Cord Tumors in Adult Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Observational Studies by Vadim Byvaltsev, Roman Polkin, Andrei Kalinin, Maxim Kravtsov, Evgenii Belykh, Valerii Shepelev, Elmira Satardinova, Vadim Manukovsky, K. Daniel Riew

“…Operation time, hospital stay, complications, and incidence of postoperative spinal deformity (kyphosis or scoliosis were extracted. A total of seven retrospective observational studies with 540 patients were included. …”
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Perioperative Management of Marfan Syndrome in Pregnancy and Congestive Heart Failure by Mirza Koeshardiandi, Fajar Tri Mudianto, Muhammad Wildan Afif Himawan, Ahmed Eliaan Shaker Abuajwa, Bambang Pujo Semedi

“…Case report: A 27-year-old primigravida with 38-39 weeks gestation presented with a referral letter with a diagnosis of G1P0A0 with scoliosis and peripartum cardiomyopathy. The patient complained of shortness of breath accompanied by cold sweat since the second trimester of gestation. …”
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Efficacy and safety of halo-gravity traction in the treatment of spinal deformities: A systematic review of the literature by P. Domenech, G. Mariscal, V. Marquina, P. Bas, T. Bas

“…Methods: Prospective studies or case series of patients with scoliosis or kyphosis treated with cranial halo gravity traction (HGT) were included. …”
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Local Sagittal Alignment of the Lumbar Spine and Range of Motion in 627 Asymptomatic Subjects: Age-Related Changes and Sex-Based Differences by Yasutsugu Yukawa, Taro Matsumoto, Heiko Kollor, Akihito Minamide, Hiroshi Hashizume, Hiroshi Yamada, Fumihiko Kato

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Evaluation of pelvic, spine and sagittal spine parameters in people without chronic low back pain by Sajad Ataei, Masoud Zeinali, Azim Motamedfar, Maryam Moradi, Hossein Jafari Marandi

“…People who have complained of back pain in the last three months, neuromuscular disease, lumbosacral anomalies, kyphosis and obvious scoliosis, history of spine surgery and vertebral fracture, were excluded. …”
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Areas of improvement in the medical care of SMA: evidence from a nationwide patient registry in Germany by Berenike Leibrock, Erik Landfeldt, Justine Hussong, Tabea Huelle, Hannah Mattheus, Simone Thiele, Maggie C. Walter, Michael Zemlin, Eva Moehler, Ullrich Dillman, Sophia Abner, Marina Flotats-Bastardas

“…Impaired upper limb function, scoliosis and bulbar dysfunction were observed more frequently in patients with reduced lower limb performance. …”
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Full Endoscopic Ligamentum Flavum Sparing Unilateral Laminotomy for Bilateral Recess Decompression: Surgical Technique and Clinical Results by Woo-Keun Kwon, Katherine A. Kelly, Malia McAvoy, Sananthan Sivakanthan, John Ogunlade, Natalie Kai Yi Yap, Sharon Durfy, Christoph P. Hofstetter

“…The later age-peak was related to coexistence of degenerative scoliosis. The average operative time per lamina was 70.34 ± 20.51 minutes and mean length of stay was 0.56 ± 0.85 days. …”
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Loss of CSF-contacting neuron sensory function is associated with a hyper-kyphosis of the spine reminiscent of Scheuermann’s disease by Laura Marie-Hardy, Lotfi Slimani, Giulia Messa, Zaineb El Bourakkadi, Annick Prigent, Celia Sayetta, Fanny Koëth, Hugues Pascal-Moussellard, Claire Wyart, Yasmine Cantaut-Belarif

“…Abstract Scheuermann’s disease, also referred to as Scheuermann’s kyphosis, is the second most frequent spine deformity occurring in humans after adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), both with an unclear etiology. Recent genetic studies in zebrafish unraveled new mechanisms linked to AIS, highlighting the role of the Reissner fiber, an acellular polymer bathing in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in close proximity with ciliated cells and mechanosensory neurons lining the central canal of the spinal cord (CSF-cNs). …”
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The Prevalence of Postural Abnormalities in Rural Women Based on Age and Body Mass Index in Markazi Province, Iran by Reyhane Farahani, Ali Asghar Norasteh, Milad Fadaei Dehcheshmeh

“…The significance level was set at 0.05.Results Among the postural abnormalities, hyperlordosis (54.6%), forward head (50.8%), uneven shoulders (39%), genu varum (34%), scoliosis (28%), kyphosis (27.4%) and hallux valgus (25.2%) were more common among rural women. …”
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Ferroptosis and PPAR-gamma in the limelight of brain tumors and edema by Eduard Yakubov, Sebastian Schmid, Alexander Hammer, Alexander Hammer, Daishi Chen, Jana Katharina Dahlmanns, Ivana Mitrovic, Luka Zurabashvili, Nicolai Savaskan, Nicolai Savaskan, Hans-Herbert Steiner, Marc Dahlmanns

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A novel classification of subaxial cervical hemivertebrae and associated surgical management by Jinhui Wu, Miao Hu, Zhengbo Tao, Xin Zhou, Heng Jiang, Tao Lin, Jun Ma, Rui Gao, Ce Wang, Xuhui Zhou

“…The results of preoperative (initial visit), postoperative and/or final follow-up were assessed using the Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) score, Neck Disability Index (NDI) score, spinal balance parameters, and Scoliosis Research Society-22 Questionnaire (SRS-22). …”
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Is Cervical Stabilization for All Cases of Chiari-I Malformation an Overkill? Evidence Speaks Louder Than Words! by Harsh Deora, Sanjay Behari, Jayesh Sardhara, Suyash Singh, Arun K. Srivastava

“…However, in the cases with significant bleeding from paravertebral venous plexus; a very high BI, condylar hypoplasia and occipitalized atlas; gross C1–2 rotation or vertical C1–2 joints with unilateral C1 or C2 facet hypoplasia, as well as the presence of subaxial scoliosis; maldevelopment of the lateral masses and facet joints (as in very young patients); or, the artery lying just posterior to the C1–2 facet joint capsule (being endangered by the C1–2 stabilization procedure), it may be safer to perform an occipitocervical rather than a C1–2 fusion.…”
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Predictors of reoperation for spinal disorders in Chiari malformation patients with prior surgical decompression by Oluwatobi O Onafowokan, Ankita Das, Jamshaid M Mir, Haddy Alas, Tyler K Williamson, Kimberly Mcfarland, Jeffrey Varghese, Sara Naessig, Bailey Imbo, Lara Passfall, Oscar Krol, Peter Tretiakov, Rachel Joujon-Roche, Pooja Dave, Kevin Moattari, Stephane Owusu-Sarpong, Jordan Lebovic, Shaleen Vira, Bassel Diebo, Virginie Lafage, Peter Gust Passias

“…Associated significant cluster anomalies included spina bifida (48.3% vs. 34.8%, P = 0.035), tethered cord syndrome (6.9% vs. 2.1%, P = 0.015), syringomyelia (12.1% vs. 5.9%, P = 0.054), hydrocephalus (37.9% vs. 17.7%, P < 0.001), scoliosis (13.8% vs. 6.4%, P = 0.028), and ventricular septal defect (6.9% vs. 2.3%, P = 0.026). …”
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Extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF) in a consecutive series of 72 patients by Mirza Pojskic, Benjamin Saβ, Benjamin Völlger, Christopher Nimsky, Barbara Carl

“… Extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF) has become the standard of minimally invasive lumbar segmental scoliosis treatment. Our objective is to determine the safety and efficacy of XLIF in spinal canal stenosis (SCS) and spondylodiscitis (SD). …”
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