[Objective]To discuss the causes and preventive measures of early complications after using Vertes technique in treating dens axis fracture with atlantoaxial dislocation.[Method]Eighteen cases performed Vertex technique were included in this study.The early complications(postoperative or at surgery) included vertebral artery injury(2 cases),logagnosia(1 case),anopsia(1 case),hematorrhea(1 case) and wrong instrumentation(1 case).The causes of these complications and how to prevent were analyzed.[Result]All these complications were treated in time,and no sequela was found.[Conclusion]The early complications of Vertex technique in treating dens axis fracture with atlantoaxial joint dislocation can be prevented.The timely treatment must be performed when it occurs,and the effect would be satisfactory.

[Objective]To evaluate the value of ECT in diagnosing and treatment the spinal tuberculosis.[Method]ECT by injecting 99Tcm-MDP to human body was used to know the developing of focus in spinal tuberculosis and whether other bone and joints tuberculosis were complicating simultaneously.[Result]The developing of 175 patients were positive,including multi-vertebral bodies tuberculosis 146 cases,which were composed of 2 vertebral bodies 78 case,3 vertebral bodies 26 cases,4 vertebral bodies and more 42 cases.Complicating tuberculosis of bones and joints 22 cases,articulatio sacroiliaca 29 cases.[Conclusion]ECT plays an important role in diaognosing the spinal tuberculosis and the tuberculose focus of body can be found and has the guidance for doctors to formulate the therapeutic regimem of spinal tuberculosis.

Objective To observe the effect of intravenous administration of bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) on the functional recovery after spinal cord injury in rats.Methods BMSCs harvested from 10 donor adult Sprague-Dawley rats were isolated,cultured,purified,amplified and labeled with bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU ).A total of 66 adult Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to weight-drop impact causing complete paraplegia and randomly divided into three groups seven days after injury.Group A (22 rats) was treated with 2 × 106 BMSCs cultured in 1 ml phosphate-buffered saline by tail vein,Group B (22 rats) was treated with 1 ml Dulbecco' s modified Eagle medium and Group C (22 rats) was set as blank control group.The distribution and differentiation of donor cells in spinal cord were observed in recipient rats by using immunohistochemical staining and expressions of growth associated protein-43 ( GAP-43),neurofilament 200 (NF200) and nestin in the contused spinal cord measured at 2,3 and 6 weeks respectively after injection.The motor function of three groups was evaluated by the Basso-Beattie-Bresnahan ( BBB) scores at 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 weeks respectively after injection.Results BrdU-reactive cells were mainly distributed through the contused and near regions of spinal cord at 2,3 and 6 weeks after injection.The survived cells in contused spinal cord accounted for 4.9% ,4.4% and 2.6% of the total injection cells at 2,3 and 6 weeks respectively after injection.Two weeks after injection,BMSCs were mainly round or ellipse in shape,12.6% BrdU-reactive cells expressed glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and 5.4% expressed the neuronal nuclear antigen (NeuN).The expressions of GAP-43,NF200 and nestin were detected at 2,3 and 6 weeks after injection,with significant higher level in Group A than that in Groups B and C (P<0.05).BBB score in Group A was significantly higher than that in Groups B and C 3-6 weeks after transplantation (P<0.05).Conclusions With intravenous administration after spinal cord injury,BMSCs migrate and survive into contused spinal cord,exhibit site-dependent differentiation,up-regulate the expressions of GAP-43,NF200 and nestin,ameliorate nerve function and can be used for treatment of spinal cord injury.

This paper is aimed to explore the correlation of clinical outcomes with material science features of implant in the treatment of atlantoaxial instability by the Vertex technique.A total of 26 cases with atlantoaxial instability and dislocation were enrolled from the Affiliated Hospital of Luzhou Medical College between January 2004 and January 2006.They all underwent the internal fixation via posterior cervical pathway and atlantoaxial fusion in Vertex system that was produced by American Sofamor Danek Company.The intraoperative complications and postoperative neurological recovery of each case were documented.Dynamic radiograph and digital tomography were used to evaluate the extent of the atlantoaxial vertebrae stability.①The result of X-ray showed that bony fusion was successful in 22 patients during 3-month follow-ups,3 patients during 6-month follow-ups,and 1 case after implantation following bony resorption.②There was no deterioration of spinal cord injury and the JOA scores of neurofunction increased from 3-17 points(mean 6.8 points) to 5-17 points(mean 14.8 points) ,with the rate of improvement as 83%.③All 26 patients were normal in the movements of expansion and flexion,but the rotation was partly limited.There were 18 cases rotate in 120?,6 cases in 100? and 1 case in 60?.Vertex system is effective in dealing with internal fixation via posterior cervical pathway.Due to the connection with stick by multiaxial screw,Vertex system presents superiority in clinic,such as secure fixation,random length and convenient connection.Vertex system internal fixation is effective in dealing with atlantoaxial instability and dislocation.

BACKGROUND:Tissue-engineered intervertebral disc has provided a new biological therapeutic approach for intervertebral disc degeneration. Tissue-engineered annulus fibrosus is one key step of constructing a complete tissue-engineered intervertebral disc. OBJECTIVE:To sum up the research progress of tissue-engineered annulus fibrosus from the folowing aspects: structural features, scaffold materials, seed cels. METHODS:PubMed database and Wanfang database (2000-2015) were retrieved by the key words of “tissue engineering, intervertebral disc, annulus fibrosus, seed cel, scaffold, construction” in Chinese and in English, respectively. According to inclusion and exclusion criteria, 48 literatures were involved for summarization. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Previous studies about tissue-engineered annulus fibrosus only focused on cel adhesion, proliferation and extracelular matrix secretion on the scaffold. Currently, tissue-engineered annulus fibrosus exhibit similar features to the natural annulus fibrosus in the folowing aspects: cel function, tissue structure and mechanical features, and relevant animal experiments have achieved certain results in animal experiments. However, it is stil difficult to build a tissue-engineered annulus fibrosus entirely similar to the natural one, and we need to further improve scaffold materials, culture conditions, colection of seed cels. The current strategies of annulus fibrosus construction stil focus on single phase of scaffold, and the biphasic scaffold and complete intervertebral disc scaffold wil be the trend of the researches. Technology of induced differentiation of stem cels provides a broach source of seed cels for tissue-engineered annulus fibrosus.

Objective To study the clinical feature, diagnossis and therapy of open spinal cord injury. Methods A retrospective study was performed in 15 patients with open spinal cord injury including 14 males and one female, at age range of 15-46 years (mean 23 years). There were two patients with open cervical spinal cord injury, 11 with open thoracic spinal cord injury and two with open lumbar spinal cord injury. Injury causes included sharp knife injury in 12 patients, firearm injury in two and stick stabbing in one. According to ASIA scale, there was one patient at Grade A, two at Grade B, seven at Grade C, four at Grade D and one at Grade E preoperatively. Foreign bodies were found in the wound in four patients. There were three patients combined with spinous process fracture, eight with vertebral plate fracture and five with vertebral body fractures. All 15 patients were treated by emergency management including vertical canal exploration, hematoma debridement or foreign body removal. Results Postoperative complications included cerebrospinal fluid leakage in two patients and wound infection ( without spinal cord infection) in one. There were different degrees of neural functional recovery in five patients. The post-operation ASIA scale: one patient at Grade A, three at Grade C, 10 at Grade D and one at Grade E,with no patient at Grade B. Conclusions For open spinal cord injury, emergency operation is necessary under adequate preoperative preparation. Preoperative identification of foreign bodies, exploration and decompression are beneficial to spinal cord function recovery and reduction of the incidence rate of postoperative complications like infection or hemorrhage.

Objective To investigate the effects of preemptive analgesia with parecoxib sodium on postoperative analgesia and delirium after nerve injury-free surgery for fracture of thoracic and lumbar vertebrae and to promote the postoperative rehabilitation of the patients. Method 80 patients meeting the criteria were selected. and randomly divided into observation group and control group.40 patients each group. The observation group used parecoxib sodium for preemptive analgesia. while the control group used sufentanil. and the analgesia effects and the incidences of delirium were observed. Results The differences in operative time and intra-operative blood loss between the patients of the two groups were statistically insignificant. In 2 h. 6 h. 12 h.24 h and 48 h after the surgery.the VAS score and the accumulative time of intravenous self-controlled analgesia pump being pressed of the observation group were significantly lower than those of the control group. and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). The first time for the patients of the observation group to press the intravenous self-controlled analgesia pump is (3.84±0.62) h after the surgery, is significantly later than that of the control group (1.05±0.47)h.and the difference is statistically significant (P<0.05). The incidence of delirium in 7 days after the surgery in the patients of the observation group was 10.00%. and is significantly lower than that of the control group (25.00%) (P<0.05). Conclusion Using parecoxib sodium for preemptive analgesia before nerve injury-free surgery for fracture of thoracic and lumbar vertebrae can elevate the postoperative analgesia effects of the patients.decrease the incidence of postoperative delirium, and is highly safe and consequently worthy of clinical application.

Objective To explore the effect on effect of combined use of Y27632 (ROCK II inhibitor)and TDZD-8(GSK-3β inhibitor)on axonal regeneration of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons in neogenetic rats. Methods All the thoracolumbar DRGs of two neogenetic Sprague-Dawley (SD)rats(<5 days)were harvested under the stereopsis raicrostat,and then the DRG neurons were cultured,purified and indentified.Fifteen adult female SD rats were randomly divided into three groups,ie,complete paraplegia group(5 rats),sham operation control group(5 rats)and normal group(5 rats)respectively.The T8-10 spinal cord extracts (SCEs) were harvested in the complete paraplegia group,sham operation control group and normal group respectively at day 7 after spinal cord injury.The experiment was divided into group A(DRG neurons + PBS),group B(DRG neurons + complete paralysis SCE),group C(DRG neurons + complete paralysis SCE + different concentration Y27632),group D(DRG neurons + complete paralysis SCE + different concentration TDZD-8)and group E(DRG neurons + complete paralysis SCE + proper concentration Y27632 and TDZD-8).The average axonal length and expression intensity of Tubulin βⅢ at distal end of neuronal axons were observed after two days of co-culture respectively in intro. Results (1)The average axonal length and expression intensity of Tubulin βⅢ at axon shaft and growth cone in the group B were significantly shorter and weaker than that in the group A,with statistical difference.(2)In the group C,the average axonal length and expression intensity of Tubulln βⅢ at axon shaft and growth cone in 5-10 μmol/L Y27632 treatment groups were more than that in the group B but lower than that in the group A.The average axonal length and expression intensity of Tubuhn βⅢ at axon shaft and growth cone in 20-50 μmol/L Y27632 treatment group were longer and stronger than that in the group A and the group B,especially the group B.Among different concentration Y27632 treatment groups,there was a longest average axonal length and strongest expression intensity of Tubulin βⅢ in 30 μmol/L treatment group.(3) In the group D,there was a longer average axonal length in 0.5-3 μmol/L TDZD-8 treatment group than that in the group A and the group B,with the longeat average axonal length in l μmool/L TDZD-8 treatment group.In 5-25 μmol/L TDZD-8 treatment groups,the average axonal length showed no difference compared with the group B but wns shorter than that in the group A.In all different concentration TDZD-8 treatment groups,the expression intensity of Tubulin βⅢ at axon shaft and growth cone was significantly stronger than that in the groups A and B.(4) In the group E,although the average axonal length was increased in the group E,there was no statisilcal difference compared with the group A,30 μmol/L Y27632 treatment group and l μmol/L TDZD-8treatment group.There was a significantly longer average axonal length in the group E than it in the group B and the expression intensity of Tubulin βⅢ at axon shaft and growth cone was stronger in the group E compared to the group A,30 μmol/L Y27632 treatment group and l μmol/L TDZD-8 treatment group.Conclusion The complete paralysis SCEs obviously inhibits DRG axonal growth,induces axonal retraction and growth cone collapse.High concentration of Y27632 can more obviously promote the axon growth compared with the low concentration,while the low concentration of TDZD-8 can obviously promote the axon growth.Combined use of appropriate concentration of TDZD-8 and Y27632 can promote the axon growth and induce the axons branching,as facilitates the formation of the axon circuit.

Objective To summarize the efficacy of cervical pedicle screw fixation in the treatment of cervical spinal cord injury without fracture and dislocation.Methods From September 2007 to March 2010,21 patients with cervical spinal cord injury without fracture and dislocation combined with developmental cervical stenosis were managed by pedicle screw fixation in unstable segments,and then single open-door laminoplasty in stenosis segments.The clinical outcomes were reviewed and summarized.Results All the patients received follow-up of 1-3 years.Two patients had superficial wound infection,which was cured by dressing change.One presented intra-incisional hematoma one week post-operatively and was cured by hemostasis and drainage.One had door-reclosing without symptom aggravation.There was neither perforation of pedicle screws nor breakage,loosening or displacement of internal fixation.The curvature of cervical lordosis at follow-up had significant rectification in comparison with that at preoperation,but showed unobvious change as compared with that immediately after operation.According to the modified Japanese Orthopedic Association (JOA) score,the neurological score improved from preoperative 4-15 points to 9-17 points at the final follow-up,which revealed more than 80％ of recovery in 13 patients,50％ -80％ of recovery in six and 5％ -50％ of recovery in two,with the average recovery rate of 75％.Conclusion For unstable segments in patients with cervical spinal cord injury without fracture and dislocation combined with developmental spinal stenosis,posterior pedicle screw fixation can avoid the risk of further spinal cord injury in single open-door laminoplasty and restore the physiological curvature of cervical vertebrae,which provides solid foundation for backward drift of spinal cord and creates favorable condition for recovery of spinal cord function.

BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that osteoporosis often leads to a failure in pedicle screw fixation. Considering that the use of ordinary pedicle screw fixation cannot achieve a strong and stable fixation of the osteoporotic vertebra,special measures to strengthen the internal fixation is indispensable.OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of bone cement augmentation combined with expandable pedicle screw fixation on the fixation strength of osteoporotic thoracolumbar vertebrae.METHODS: Twenty osteoporotic thoracolumbar vertebral specimens were randomly divided into four groups: conventional pedicle screw group implanted with normal pedicle screw, and the other three groups implanted with expandable pedicle screw. Bone cement augmentation with polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and calcium sulfate was done in the PMMA group and calcium sulfate group, respectively, followed by expandable pedicle screw implantation. No bone cement was used in the expandable pedicle screw group. The maximum axial pull-out strength and yield energy absorption value of the unilateral pedicle were detected, and the maximum removal torque of the contralateral pedicle was determined. Bone cement leakage after augmentation was observed.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Compared with the conventional pedicle screw group, the other three groups showed a significant increase in the maximum pull-out strength, maximum removal torque and yield energy absorption values (P < 0.05). Moreover, these parameters were significantly higher in the PMMA and calcium sulfate groups than the expandable pedicle screw group and conventional pedicle screw group (P < 0.05), but there was no significant difference between the PMMA and calcium sulfate groups (P > 0.05). No leakage of bone cement was found in all the groups. To conclude, the combined use of expandable pedicle screw and can significantly enhance the stability of the osteoporotic thoracolumbar vertebrae, and the PMMA and calcium sulfate cements have similar effects.