NORMAN LESLIE CAPENER
Journal Title: Journal of Turkish Spinal Surgery - Year 2009, Vol 20, Issue 1
Abstract
Norman Leslie Capener was an English orthopedician who described "Lateral Rhachotomy". Besides his scientific identification, he worked on almost all kind of art and he was one of the pioneers in orthopedic surgery at the early 20th century.
Authors and Affiliations
Esat KİTER
IMPACT OF INTERBODY FUSION IN DEGENERATIVE VERTEBRAE ON SACRAL PEDICLE SCREW SURVIVAL
Purpose: Analyze the prevalence of sacral screw loosening following posterior long segment instrumentation and fusion in adult spine. Material methods: 66 patients who were diagnosed with adult spinal deformity wi...
A RARE PRESENTATION OF POLYOSTOTIC FIBROUS DYSPLASIA IN CERVICAL, THORACIC AND LUMBAR SPINE
A 30 years old male applied to our institution with the complaint of back pain due to polyostotic fibrous dysplasia (PFD) involving the posterior elements of C5 vertebra and the bodies of T5, T10, T12, L1 and L5 vertebra...
COMPARISON OF ANTERIOR PLATE VS. ROD SYSTEMS IN TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS SPONDYLITIS
Anterior debridement, strut grafting and instrumentation have an increasing popularity in the treatment of tuberculosis of spine. Anterior fixation can be done either by a plate or a rod system. In this study, 73 pat...
BURST FRACTURE OF THE FIFTH LUMBAR VERTEBRA (A Case Report)
Burs t fracture of the fifth lumbar vertebra is a rare injury. A case of this fracture is reported and the treatment discussed. The patient were treated surgically because of the neural deficit. The lordosis between the...
KYPHOPLASTY IN THE TREATMENT OF PAINFUL OSTEOPOROTIC VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION FRACTURES
Introduction: The treatment algorithm for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs) has completely transformed with the inclusion of kyphoplasty in the surgical routine. The objective of this work is to rev...