Kim DH, Vacarro AR, Fessler RG, et al. Spinal Instrumentation: Challenges and Solutions. Thieme; 2017; 448 pp; 244 ill; $169.99 Publications which address what can go wrong, or what mistakes can be made in either diagnosis or in interventions/surgery, are often
Fellows’ Journal Club Thirty-five patients with high-grade, symptomatic intracranial stenosis and poor antegrade flow, treated with intracranial angioplasty without stent placement from January 2010 to December 2016, were retrospectively reviewed. The main outcomes included the changes in antegrade flow and
Editor’s Choice The authors assessed delay and transit time-uncorrected and transit time-corrected CBF maps in 87 healthy controls. Data analysis included voxelwise permutation-based between-sequence comparisons of 3-delay versus 7-delay, within-sequence comparison of transit time-uncorrected versus transit time-corrected maps, and average
Saad EA. Portal Hypertension: Imaging, Diagnosis and Endovascular Management, 3rd Ed. Theime; 2017; 344 pp; 242 ill; $149.99 Portal hypertension is an end-stage manifestation of liver cirrhosis with numerous, potentially life threatening and life-altering manifestations. Radiology, and specifically interventional radiology,
Rumboldt Z. Clinical Imaging of Spinal Trauma: A Case-Based Approach. Cambridge Medicine 2018; 140 pp; $79.99 This short, case-based soft-covered book, “Clinical Imaging of Spinal Trauma” edited by Zoran Rumboldt, MD, is a compilation of over 50 cases involving spinal imaging.
Fellows’ Journal Club From January 2013 to January 2016, fifty-five consecutive patients with histopathologically proved lymphomas, glioblastomas, and metastases were included in this study after undergoing MR imaging. The perfusion parameters (maximum relative CBV, maximum percentage of signal intensity recovery)
Editor’s Choice Contextual reporting is an alternative method of structured reporting that is specifically related to the disease or examination indication. These disease-specific reports provide content focused on the clinical diagnosis or symptom, discuss appropriate differential diagnoses, and highlight pertinent
Burkhardt BW, Simgen A, Wagenpfeil G, Reith W, Oertel JM. Adjacent Segment Degeneration After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion With an Autologous Iliac Crest Graft: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of 59 Patients With a Mean Follow-up of 27 Years.
Dickson RA, Harms J. Modern Management of Spinal Deformities: A Theoretical, Practical, and Evidence-based Text; Thieme; 2018; 330 pp; 935 ill; $224.99 Created through the collaboration of two pioneers in the field, Modern Management of Spinal Deformities, A Theoretical, Practical,
Vaccaro AR. Controversies in Spine Surgery, MIS versus OPEN: Best Evidence Recommendations. Thieme; 2018; 264 pp; 51 ill; $149.99 Controversies in Spine Surgery, MIS versus OPEN: Best Evidence Recommendations is a 239-page single-volume hardcover including 51 high-quality clinical, radiographic, and intraoperative
