Volume 6, Issue 1

• Results of operative treatment for scoliosis in Marfan syndrome

  Barbara Jasiewicz, Tomasz Potaczek, Maciej Tęsiorowski

  Background. Scoliosis in patients with Marfan syndrome often has atypical shape and may be accompanied by disturbed sagittal profile of spine. Conservative treatment is unsuccessful, so su...

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• Spine motion versus fatness in children and youth in the Vicinity of Cracow

  Aneta Bac, Renata Woźniacka, Kamil Pitala, Dorota Czechowska, Joanna Golec, Elżbieta Szczygieł, Paweł Sosin, Edward Golec

  Introduction. Excessive fatness becomes a social problem. Often and often we can observe it in children and youth. Excess of fatty tissue can cause a lot of diseases and dysfunctions in wh...

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• Tethered cord syndrome in children

  Zdzisław Kawecki, Alicja Fąfara, Stanisław Kwiatkowski, Laura Maryńczak, Olga Milczarek, Tomasz Kwiatkowski, Izabela Herman-Sucharska, Jolanta Wojtak

  Introduction. Tethered cord syndrome (TCS) is a progressive damage of spinal cord and occurs when the distal spinal cord is adherent to inelastic tissue in close proximity to it. The patho...

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• Intramedullary tumors in craniocervical junction in children

  Laura Maryńczak, Alicja Fąfara, Zdzisław Kawecki, Stanisław Kwiatkowski, Olga Milczarek

  Introduction. Intramedullary tumors in craniocervical junction are divided into descending tumors of brainstem and ascending, in cranial direction, spinal tumors in cervical area. In both ...

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• Complications of cement percutaneous vertebroplasty

  Wądek Tomasz, Nobis Adam, Paściak Marek, Olszewski Tomasz

  Nowadays, percutaneous vertebroplasty (PV) is widely used treatment method recommended for the patients after vertebral body fracture in the course of osteoporosis and some malignant tumor...

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