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BACKGROUND: With the aging of the society, the number of patients with osteoporotic vertebral fracture is increasing, mainly manifesting compression fracture of thoracolumbar body, which seriously affects the daily life of the elderly. Therefore, to study the relationship between the degree of external force and the performance of osteoporotic thoracolumbar body fracture on MRI STIR is to provide a better basis for clinical diagnosis and treatment. OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship between the size of external force and a linear black signal area of STIR image in MRI of thoracic and lumbar osteoporosis vertebral compression fractures. METHODS: The hospitalized patients, who were diagnosed as thoracic and lumbar osteoporosis vertebral compression fractures, were retrospectively analyzed from September 2013 to September 2016 at the Department of Spine Surgery of The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine. All cases in the three groups were diagnosed as osteoporosis by quantitative CT (bone mineral density ≤80 mg/cm3). All patients signed the informed consent. This study was approved by the Hospital Ethics Committee. The patients were divided into three groups according to the different trauma history: Non-obvious external force group (without apparent cause or external force), low energy group (sprains, bent down to lift heavy objects, and carrying heavy items), high energy group (flat road down hips touchdown, falls, and bruise). Gender, age, fracture site (thoracic lumbar segment and non-thoracic lumbar segment), the number of the vertebrae and the position where would they occur with a linear black signal area of STIR image in MRI were analyzed in each group. Age was analyzed by analysis of variance. Gender, fracture site and the number of the vertebrae and the position were analyzed by Pearson chi-square test. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) All the 782 cases were included in the three groups. There were 334 in the non-obvious external force group, which a linear black signal area of STIR image in MRI existed in 114 cases. There were 186 cases in low energy group, which a linear black signal area of STIR image in MRI existed in 124 cases. There were 262 cases in high energy group, which a linear black signal area of STIR image in MRI existed in 87 cases. (2) The age, gender, fracture site and the number of the vertebrae and the position in three groups were not statistically significantly different among the three groups (P > 0.05). (3) There were significant differences in a linear black signal area of STIR image in MRI among the three groups (P 0.017). (4) The occurrence rate of linear black signal area of STIR image in MRI was 66.7% and higher than other groups (43.1% and 33.2%). (5) In the history of trauma, low energy in external force has more opportunity to cause a linear black signal area of STIR image in MRI than non-obvious external force and high energy; and they often occur in thoracic and lumbar osteoporosis vertebrae.
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If we analogize any external physical force applied to victims of crimes involving violence, it would be possible to not only presume the mutual action between victims and suspects but also deduce more facts related to the cases. Therefore, in this study, defining the phenomenon of amino acid compounds in sweat spreading into clothes as impact marks, experiments using ninhydrin, 1,8-dizafluoren-9-one (DFO), 1,2-indanedione-zinc (1,2-IND-Zn) were conducted to determine developmental variations through change over time, which was not performed in previous studies. A 5-week period was set up including first damage as a variation factor, and materials in each action were developed using certain reagents. The level of specimen development depending on the change over time was identified. Thus, no changes were observed at each initial level of development.
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Amino Acids , Clothing , Crime , Indicators and Reagents , Ninhydrin , Sweat , Violence , WeaponsABSTRACT
PURPOSE: To compare navigation and weight bearing radiographic measurements of mechanical axis (MA) before and after closed wedge high tibial osteotomy (HTO) and to evaluate post-osteotomy changes in MA assessed during application of external varus or valgus force. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data from 30 consecutive patients (30 knees) who underwent computer-assisted closed-wedge HTO were prospectively analyzed. Pre- and postoperative weight bearing radiographic evaluation of MA was performed. Under navigation guidance, pre- and post-osteotomy MA values were measured in an unloaded position. Any change in the post-osteotomy MA in response to external varus or valgus force, which was named as dynamic range, was evaluated with the navigation system. The navigation and weight bearing radiographic measurements were compared. RESULTS: Although there was a positive correlation between navigation and radiographic measurements, the reliability of navigation measurements of coronal alignment was reduced after osteotomy and wedge closing. The mean post-osteotomy MA value measured with the navigation was 3.5°±0.8° valgus in an unloaded position. It was 1.3°±0.8° valgus under varus force and 5.8°±1.1° valgus under valgus force. The average dynamic range was >±2°. CONCLUSIONS: Potential differences between the postoperative MAs assessed by weight bearing radiographs and the navigation system in unloaded position should be considered during computer-assisted closed wedge HTO. Care should be taken to keep the dynamic range within the permissible range of alignment goal in HTO.