Presentation of a cerebral aneurysm can be incidental, discovered at imaging obtained for
unrelated causes, can occur in the occasion of imaging obtained for symptoms possibly or …

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to prospectively evaluate results and complications
of percutaneous vertebroplasty (PV) performed in 6 different Italian Centres belonging to …

Objectives To describe a new technique to obtain minimally invasive but efficient vertebral
body (VB) reconstruction, augmentation, and stabilization in severe osteoporotic and …

Percutaneous vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are procedures used to treat pain associated
with vertebral compression fractures. Controversies are still open regarding indications, …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Several techniques, including chymopapain, mechanical
aspiration, laser-based disk decompression, and endoscopic keyhole surgery, have been …

The most diffused surgical techniques for stabilization of the painful degenerated and
instable lumbar spine, represented by transpedicular screws and rods instrumentation with or …

Managed and wild pollinators often cohabit in both managed and natural ecosystems. The
western honeybee, Apis mellifera, is the most widespread managed pollinator species. Due …

This paper summarises my experience, over 14 years, treating over 1350 patients suffering
from lumbar disc pathology, using minimally invasive intradiscal decompressive …

We assessed the feasibility of percutaneous treatment of a cervical herniated disc. In the
lumbar region, the surgical instrument for percutaneous diskectomy passes only through the …

… The junction between augmented and non-augmented vertebral body (arrows on A and B)
might represent a weak point, subject to refracture, as in the two clinical examples (D–F and G…