Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma
Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma
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Spine and Scoliosis

Spine and scoliosis research includes:

Spine

  • Cochrane review of degenerative lumbar spondylosis
  • Cochrane review of lumbar intervertebral disc prolapse
  • Moss cage use in neoplastic disease - outcome assessments
  • Outcome assessments in spinal surgery
  • Randomised controlled trial of posterior lumbar inter-body fusion
  • Randomised controlled trial of lumbar supports
  • Scottish Audit of malignant cord compression.
  • Randomised controlled trial of transforaminal endoscopic spinal surgery
  • Clinical studies of cervical endoscopic spinal surgery (CESSYS)
  • Assessments of a flexion restriction stabilisation device
  • Collation of data following spinal surgery using the British Spine Registry
  • Developments of novel spinal equipment
  • Analysis of spinal surgery risk - development of the International Spinal Surgery Information Sheet (ISSiS)

Scoliosis

Currently we are pursuing research into the areas of aetiology and management of spinal deformities

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