In this issue of Neurosurgery
News, several experts join together to discuss return-to-play in contact
sport athletes with persistent cervical cord MRI T2 hyperintensity following
trauma, risk of adjacent level fractures after balloon-assisted kyphoplasty,
childhood risks of contact sports, Cervical Spondylitic Myelopathy, and memory
and traumatic brain injury.
Educational objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be
able to:
- Improve management of
sport-related traumatic transient cervical neurapraxia in those cases with T2
MRI cord hyperintensity
- Discuss the Cervical Spondylotic
Myelopathy Surgical Trial (CSM-ST)
- Improve knowledge of memory
deficits after traumatic brain injury
- Educate patients on their risk of
developing subsequent vertebral compression fractures after undergoing balloon
assisted kyphoplasty
- Improve knowledge of chronic
traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and its incidence in contact sports
Reading Resources:
- Torg JS, Naranja RJ Jr, Pavlov H,
Galinat BJ, Warren R, Stine RA. The Relationship of Developmental Narrowing of
the Cervical Spinal Canal to Reversible and Irreversible Injury of the Cervical
Spinal Cord in Football Players. J Bone
Joint Surg Am. 1996;78(9):1308-1314.
- Bernhardt M, Hynes RA, Blume HW,
White AA 3rd. Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1993 Jan;75(1):119-28.
- Carlson SW, Yan HQ, Ma X, Li Y,
Henchir JJ, Dixon CE. Traumatic Brain Injury Impairs SNARE Complex Formation
and Alters Synaptic Vesicle Distribution in the Hippocampus. J Neurotrauma. 2015 Apr 29.
- Borgstrom F, Olafsson G, Strom O,
Tillman JB, Wardlaw D, Boonen S, et al. The Impact of Different Health
Dimensions on Overall Quality of Life Related to Kyphoplasty and Non-Surgical Management.
Osteoporos Int 24:1991-1999, 2013.
- Kontos AP, Elbin RJ, Fazio-Sumrock
VC, Burkhart S, Swindell H, Maroon J, Collins MW. Incidence of Sports-Related Concussion
Among Youth Football Players Aged 8-12 Years. J Pediatr. 2013 Sep;163(3):717-20. doi:
10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.04.011. Epub 2013 Jun 14.
Disclosures:
Drs. Bost, Carlson, Deibert, Dixon, Tempel, and Ms. Wappler,
and Ms. Osier and Ms. Paschel have reported no relevant relationships with
any entities producing health care goods or services.
Dr. Gerszten is a consultant for Zimmer Spine.
Dr. Kanter is a consultant for Nuvasive and receives a
royalty from Blomet.
Dr. Maroon is a consultant for the NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers
and a stockholder in ImPACT Technologies.
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Release Date: 8/7/2015 | Last Modified On: 8/7/2015 |
Expires: 8/8/2016
