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Filter by:To learn whether giving spinal stereotactic radiosurgery (SRSS) that uses a more advanced imaging scan method called Magnetic Resonance imaging with a Linear Accelerator (MR-LINAC) during treatment will lead to improved responses to treatment and better quality of life. SRSS is radiation therapy given to the area around your spine.
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top ten causes of death worldwide with approximately 10 million cases globally and 1.2 million deaths. Sub-Saharan Africa carries the highest burden of TB. South Africa has one of the highest HIV and TB rates worldwide with an HIV prevalence rate in adults of 19% and a TB case notification rate of 615/100,000 in 2019. Over many years, focus has been paid to pulmonary TB and extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) has received only little attention even though it accounts for almost a quatre of all TB cases. The diagnosis of EPTB remains challenging simply because sample collection requires invasive procedures in the absence of a blood-based diagnostic test. Spinal TB (spondylitis or spondylodiscitis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis) - often known as Pott's disease - accounts for up to 10% of EPTB and affects young children, people with HIV-coinfection and elderly, and often leads to lifelong debilitating disease due to devastating deformation of the spine and compression of neural structures. Little is known with regards to the extent of disease and isolated TB spine as well as a disseminated form of TB spine have been described. The latter presents with a spinal manifestation plus disseminations to other organs such as the lungs, pleura, lymph nodes, the GIT or urinary tract or even the brain. In the Spinal TB X cohort, the investigators aim to describe the clinical phenotype of spinal TB using whole body PET/CT and identify a specific gene expression profile for the different stages of dissemination and compare findings to previously described signatures for latent and active pulmonary TB. A blood-based test for spinal TB would lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment in all settings globally and improve treatment outcome of this devastating disease.
The primary objective of this study is to measure the success rate of lumbar fusion in subjects at 12 months when instrumented lumbar arthrodesis is performed using OssiMend Bioactive Moldable as the bone grafting material
The intention of the study is to investigate whether Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) will improve postural deformities of patients with Parkinson's disease.
EQ-5D is one of the most commonly employed patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures. It is included in many of the Swedish National Quality Registers (NQRs). EQ-5D health states are usually summarized using 'values' obtained from healthy members of the general public. However an alternative - which remains to be studied in detail - is the potential to use patients' self-reported overall health on the visual analogue scale as a means of capturing experience-based values. The overall aim of this project is to increase knowledge on the potential applicability of EQ VAS as a health state valuation method through assessment of its variability across and within patient groups and compared with that of the general population in Sweden. Data on nearly 700,000 patients from 12 NQRs covering a variety of diseases/conditions and from the general population will be analysed. Longitudinal studies of PROs among different patient groups will be conducted at baseline/first visit and 1-year follow-up. Descriptive analyses comparing EQ-5D health states and observed self-assessed EQ VAS within and across registers will be performed. Comparisons of the change in health state and observed EQ VAS values over one year will also be made. Regression models will be used to assess whether EQ-5D dimensions predict observed EQ VAS values to investigate patient value sets in each NQR. These will be compared across the patient groups and with the existing Swedish experience-based VAS and time trade-off (TTO) value sets obtained from the general population. This research project will provide information on the variation among different patient groups in terms of self-reported health status through EQ VAS and comparison with the general population. Knowledge on the relative importance of different dimensions of the EQ-5D to different patient groups as well as the general population will be gained in this project. The possibility of getting value sets based on patients' self-reported EQ VAS values and their comparison with value sets from experience-based general population studies will be discussed.
This study is a prospective, multi-center, open label registry designed to collect real-world data on performance and safety data on RTI's spine products.
Introduction: With the increase of the elderly population, the number of elderly patients undergoing surgery is increasing, and postoperative delirium is 11-51% depending on the type of surgery. In recent cohort studies have shown that delirium might reduce cognitive function and develop dementia. Since delirium is difficult to treat, the key to treatment is prevention, and about 40% is prevented when prophylactic intervention is applied. However, delirium is difficult to diagnose and difficult to predict, therefore, biomarkers are needed to diagnose and prevention. Exosome and brain efficiency test(electroencephalogram, and pulse wave test) have the potential of simple biomarkers that can diagnose postoperative delirium and predict cognitive decline. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the risk factors affecting delirium in the elderly who have spinal surgery and to search for biomarkers of delirium for early detection and prevention of delirium.
Catastrophizing has emerged as the strongest independent predictor for persistent postsurgical pain. Although behavioral interventions, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), have been shown to reduce the impact of persistent pain, postsurgical patients have not historically been offered these interventions. The aim of our study is to examine whether an intervention targeting pain catastrophizing can reduce the risk of persistent pain and disability after spinal fusion. Our primary hypothesis is that a perioperative cognitive behavioral intervention with the goal to decrease anxiety and pain catastrophizing will decrease the risk of persistent pain and disability after spinal fusion surgery in high catastrophizing patients. To study this hypothesis the investigators will perform a prospective, randomized, controlled multicenter trial with 1:1 allocation, comparing 2 cohorts. Patients aged > 18 years/old, with a primary diagnosis of spinal stenosis, degenerative or isthmic spondylolisthesis or degenerative disc disease (DDD) determined by expert spine surgeons and selected for lumbar spinal fusion surgery with decompression will be screened for high levels of pain catastrophizing using the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS). Patients with a score of ≥ 24 on the PCS who will consent to the study will be randomized to CBT (2 sessions preoperatively and 4 sessions postoperatively) plus usual care (experimental group) or usual care (control group). To limit expectation bias, an educational intervention will be added in the control group. Primary outcome is the Core Outcome Measure Index (COMI) at 12 months. Secondary outcomes are scores on 11-point Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) for back and leg pain, Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), Patient-reported outcomes measurement - depression (PROMIS-D), Patient Global Impression of Change (PGIC), Pain Catastrophizing (PCS), reliance on analgesics and employment status. NRS will be measured on the 4th postoperative day, at 8 weeks, 6 months and 1 year, while all other outcomes will be measured at 8 weeks, 6 months and 1 year.
Many patients receiving opioid based analgesia after spinal surgery experience postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) despite prophylaxis and treatment with antiemetic agents. Dehydration caused by fasting prior to surgery is associated with the development of PONV. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of oral carbohydrates loading prior to surgery in patients at high risk of PONV undergoing spinal surgery.
The primary objective of the Spine Registry is to enhance the understanding of spinal disease and treatment of spinal disease with the goal of guiding treatment options.