A. Vanood

Feasibility of Using Short-Segment Instrumentation and Vertebral Body Reconstruction for the Treatment of Metastatic Disease in the Thoracic Spine

Background/Objectives: When performing a vertebrectomy in the thoracic spine for metastatic disease with a pathological fracture, traditionally, surgeons include two vertebral levels above and below in the instrumented fusion. We evaluated the safety and feasibility of an alternative method involving short-segment inst...

Acute Headache Management and Emergency Department Throughput: A Multicenter Retrospective Analysis

Introduction Headache is a common presentation to the emergency department (ED), requiring both accurate diagnosis and efficient management. Although consensus guidelines exist, real-world treatment practices and their associations with operational outcomes remain variable. We evaluated the association between acute he...

Downbeat nystagmus without ataxia as an early manifestation of spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive type 10 (SCAR10): a case report