ALLMedicine Mechanical Back Pain Center

May 17th, 2020 - Presence of human leucocyte antigen (HLA) B27 in a patient with lower-back pain should not be considered synonymous with axial spondyloarthritis. Other causes of back pain should be ruled-out by careful evaluation. Lumbosacral transitional vertebr...

Jan 19th, 2020 - We sought to evaluate the feasibility for awake, endoscopic treatment of lumbar pseudarthrosis after a transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF). A 71-year-old male with severe cardiac disease, determined to be high risk for general anesthesia...

May 8th, 2019 - In addition, AS predominantly affects people in the third and fourth decades of life, but as many as 5% of patients of all ages with chronic back pain (> 3 months) can be classified as having AS. 8 In patients who have IBP features, 14% can be clas.

Jan 24th, 2019 - A 68-year-old man on apixaban presented to the emergency department with back pain following a long-haul flight. Investigations for pulmonary embolus and aortic dissection were negative and he was discharged with analgesia for mechanical back pain...

Oct 11th, 2018 - The aim of this study is to evaluate the diagnostic utility of ultrasonographic enthesitis assessment in patients with non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) and to compare different sonographic scoring methods. Patients with nr-axSpA...

May 17th, 2020 - Presence of human leucocyte antigen (HLA) B27 in a patient with lower-back pain should not be considered synonymous with axial spondyloarthritis. Other causes of back pain should be ruled-out by careful evaluation. Lumbosacral transitional vertebr...

Jan 19th, 2020 - We sought to evaluate the feasibility for awake, endoscopic treatment of lumbar pseudarthrosis after a transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF). A 71-year-old male with severe cardiac disease, determined to be high risk for general anesthesia...

May 8th, 2019 - In addition, AS predominantly affects people in the third and fourth decades of life, but as many as 5% of patients of all ages with chronic back pain (> 3 months) can be classified as having AS. 8 In patients who have IBP features, 14% can be clas.

Jan 24th, 2019 - A 68-year-old man on apixaban presented to the emergency department with back pain following a long-haul flight. Investigations for pulmonary embolus and aortic dissection were negative and he was discharged with analgesia for mechanical back pain...

Oct 11th, 2018 - The aim of this study is to evaluate the diagnostic utility of ultrasonographic enthesitis assessment in patients with non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) and to compare different sonographic scoring methods. Patients with nr-axSpA...

May 8th, 2019 - In addition, AS predominantly affects people in the third and fourth decades of life, but as many as 5% of patients of all ages with chronic back pain (> 3 months) can be classified as having AS. 8 In patients who have IBP features, 14% can be clas.

Aug 23rd, 2017 - The manifestation of multiple features of spondyloarthritis (SpA) in patients with chronic back pain is not sufficient for a diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis, according to a report from Zineb Ez-Zaitouni and associates. In a group of 250 peopl.

Apr 28th, 2017 - Action Points Note that this observational study found that MRI findings traditionally associated with "wear and tear" damage were associated with inflammatory back pain symptoms. Be aware that inflammatory symptoms were assessed via questionnaire...

Sep 23rd, 2015 - Hello. I'm Dr Jonathan Kay, professor of medicine and director of clinical research in the Division of Rheumatology at UMass Memorial Medical Center in the University of Massachusetts Medical School, both in Worcester, Massachusetts. Back pain is ...

Jul 12th, 2013 - MADRID – There is no added benefit of performing spinal MRI in the diagnosis of spondyloarthritis, the results of an international, multicenter study suggest. Around one-quarter of patients with nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) w.