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From June, 1989 to March, 1991, 24 cases with various spinal disorders were treated in our department using the Dick technique. The results were as follows: In the fresh fracture group (7 cases), all the spine fractures were reduced anatomically: the 2 cases without neurological defects returned to work 3 months after operation; the 3 cases with incomplete paraplegia had rapid neurological recovery; and the 2 cases with complete paraplegia showed no recovery after operation. In the late fracture group (10 cases), traumatic kyphotic curves were partially reduced and back pain was decreased markedly in all: Muscle power was increased significantly in 3 cases; spasticity was remarkably improved in 2 cases; 3 cases obtained complete cure of incontinence; and 4 cases had no significant improvement. In 3 cases with ankylosing spondylitis, the initial average kyphotic curve was 73.3 degrees, while the postoperative average curve was 28.3 degrees. The result of treatment of spinal stenosis due to degenerative spondylolisthesis (1 case) was good; slipping vertebrae were stabilized and fused with the Dick system after thorough decompression. In 1 tumor and 2 Tb-spine cases, the patients recovered and were ambulatory soon after operation.
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PMID:The application of Dick instrumentation in spine surgery. 142 57

Fifty-five preterm infants with birthweights between 800 and 2000g and gestational ages between 25 and 33 weeks were repeatedly examined for the Rossolimo and Mendel-Bechterew lower-limb reflexes. Up to 34 weeks conceptional age (CA) an abduction-extension pattern was characteristic. Between 34 and 36 weeks CA the response changed to one implying flexor spasticity, which in some cases lasted throughout the first postnatal trimester. It is thought that this response occurring around 34 to 38 weeks CA is a sign of normal developmental maturation. On the other hand, an extension-abduction response after 38 weeks CA and a flexor response after the first trimester is indicative of delayed motor development and might suggest an upper motor neuron lesion.
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PMID:Development of flexor spastic signs in preterm infants. 394 85

From June, 1989 to March, 1991, 24 cases were treated in our department with the Dick technique. The study population included 7 patients with fresh horacolumber spine fracture, 10 with late spinal fracture (15 of the above 17 cases had incomplete paraplegia), 3 with ankylosing spondylitis, 2 with tuberculosis, and one each with spondylolisthesis and spine tumor. The results of these 24 cases were as follows. In the fresh fracture group, all the spine fractures were reduced completely. The 2 patients without neurological defects returned to work 3 months after operation. The 3 with incomplete paraplegia had rapid neurological recovery and could walk with a brace 3 months after surgical treatment. The 2 with complete paraplegia did not recover after toperation. In the late fracture group, traumatic kyphotic curve were reduced partially and back pain was decreased markedly in all 10 cases. Muscular power was increased significantly in 3 cases; they are all able to walk with a cane. Spasticity was remarkably improved in 2 patients after operation; they can now walk with crutches. Three patients obtained complete cure of incontinence. Four patients had no significant improvement. In the 3 patients with ankylosing spondylitis, the initial average kyphotic curve was 73.3 degrees, while the postoperative average curve was 28.3 degrees. The result in treating spinal stenosis due to degenerative spondylolisthesis was good: the slipping vertebrae were stabilized and fused with the Dick system after thorough decompression. In the tumor and Tb-spine cases, the patients recovered and were ambulatory soon after operation, thanks to rigid internal fixation.
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PMID:[The application of Dick instrumentation in the field of spine surgery]. 832 36

There are a number of physiological means of relaxing spasticity, including active resistive exercise, cold hydrotherapy, heat, electrical stimulation of antagonistic muscles, passive stretch in diagonal movement patterns, and the Von Bechterew reflex. Although none of them will cure spasticity, temporary relaxation may permit a patient to achieve better functioning of an affected joint. The choice of procedure will depend on the nature of the lesion and the muscular distribution of the spasticity.
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PMID:Spasticity; its nature and treatment. 1315 Feb