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Minimally invasive spinal surgery for the management of symptomatic spinal metastasis by Hamad, Abdulkader, Vachtsevanos, Leonidas, Cattell, Andrew, Ockendon, Matthew, Balain, Birender

“…Introduction: Symptomatic metastatic spinal disease is on the increase. Minimally invasive spinal surgery has been associated with a lower complication profile…”
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Lateral lumbar interbody fusion in adult spine deformity – A review of literature by Batheja, Dheeraj, Dhamija, Bhoresh, Ghodke, Aashish, Anand, Srinath S., Balain, Birender S.

“…Surgery for adult spine deformity presents a challenging issue for spinal surgeons with high morbidity rates reported in the literature. The minimally invasive…”
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Incidence of numerical variants and transitional lumbosacral vertebrae on whole-spine MRI by Tins, Bernhard J., Balain, Birender

“…Objectives This study sets out to prospectively investigate the incidence of transitional vertebrae and numerical variants of the spine. Materials and methods…”
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Is Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Nucleus Pulposus Cells a Possibility for Biological Spinal Fusion? by Brown, Sharon J., Turner, Sarah A., Balain, Birender S., Davidson, Neil T., Roberts, Sally

“…Objective The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a simple, biologically robust method for inducing calcification of degenerate intervertebral…”
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Mesenchymal stromal cells derived from whole human umbilical cord exhibit similar properties to those derived from Wharton's jelly and bone marrow by Mennan, Claire, Brown, Sharon, McCarthy, Helen, Mavrogonatou, Eleni, Kletsas, Dimitris, Garcia, John, Balain, Birender, Richardson, James, Roberts, Sally

“…Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) can be isolated from several regions of human umbilical cords, including Wharton's jelly (WJ), artery, vein or cord lining…”
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Low dose spinal anaesthesia reduces peri-operative opioid consumption in posterior cervical neck surgery by George, Andrew, John, John, Munigangaiah, Sudarshan, Dheerendra, Sujay, Balain, Birender, Trivedi, Jayesh, Ockendon, Matthew, Ahmad, Sarfraz, Ghodke, Aashish, Kader, Foz

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Spinal trauma by Balain, Birender, MBBS, MS (Orth), FRCS (Orth), Lal, Hitesh, Dr

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Temporal Analyses of the Response of Intervertebral Disc Cells and Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Nutrient Deprivation by Balain, Birender, Jones, Philip N., Wright, Karina, Turner, Sarah A., Roberts, Sally

“…Much emphasis has been placed recently on the repair of degenerate discs using implanted cells, such as disc cells or bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem…”
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Increasing relevance of minimally invasive spinal surgery by Balain, Birender

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Pedicle morphology of the lower thoracic, lumbar, and S1 vertebrae: An Indian perspective by CHADHA, Manish, BALAIN, Birender, MAINI, Lalit, DHAON, B. K

“…Analysis of morphometric data obtained from computed tomography scans in relation to the lower thoracic, lumbar, and S1 pedicle in patients from the Indian…”
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Role of surgery in spinal cord injury by Balain, Birender

“…This article deals with the main issues of surgical management of acute spinal cord injury patients – discussing the importance of timing of surgery with…”
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Current Treatment Options for Intervertebral Disc Pathologies by Eisenstein, Stephen M., Balain, Birender, Roberts, Sally

“…The complex structure of the intervertebral disc within the spine is well suited to its mechanical function. However, it is also prone to degeneration, which…”
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A systematic review of MIS and open decompression surgery for spinal metastases in the last two decades by Dhamija, Bhoresh, Batheja, Dheeraj, Balain, Birender Singh

“…The primary intention of this review being to produce an updated systematic review of the literature on published outcomes of decompressive surgery for…”
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Isolation and Characterisation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Different Regions of the Human Umbilical Cord by Richardson, James, Balain, Birender, Bhattacharjee, Atanu, Wright, Karina, Mennan, Claire, Roberts, Sally

“…Umbilical cords as a source of stem cells are of increasing interest for cell therapies as they present little ethical consideration and are reported to…”
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The outcome of decompression alone for lumbar spinal stenosis with degenerative spondylolisthesis by Ahmad, Sarfraz, Hamad, Abdulkader, Bhalla, Amit, Turner, Sarah, Balain, Birender, Jaffray, David

“…Purpose Lumbar spinal stenosis in the presence of degenerative spondylolisthesis is generally treated by means of surgery. The role of lumbar decompression…”
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Viability, growth kinetics and stem cell markers of single and clustered cells in human intervertebral discs: implications for regenerative therapies by Turner, Sarah, Balain, Birender, Caterson, Bruce, Morgan, Clare, Roberts, Sally

“…Purpose There is much interest in the development of a cellular therapy for the repair or regeneration of degenerate intervertebral discs (IVDs) utilising…”
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Only walking matters—assessment following lumbar stenosis decompression by Budithi, S., Dhawan, Rohit, Cattell, Andrew, Balain, Birender, Jaffray, David

“…Purpose Multiple outcome measures exist to evaluate the outcomes of spinal decompression surgery; however, these tend to be complex and are difficult to…”
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Sonographic Assessment of Human Lumbar Intervertebral Disks: A Cadaveric Study by Winn, Naomi, Balain, Birender, Ockendon, Matthew, Cassar-Pullicino, Victor, Lalam, Radhesh

“…Objectives: The intervertebral disk has traditionally been imaged by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); however, advances in sonography mean it can now be…”
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Does walking change the Romberg sign? by Findlay, Gordon F. G., Balain, Birender, Trivedi, Jayesh M., Jaffray, David C.

“…The Romberg sign helps demonstrate loss of postural control as a result of severely compromised proprioception. There is still no standard approach to applying…”
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Coccygectomy for coccydynia: case series and review of literature by Balain, Birender, Eisenstein, S M, Alo, G O, Darby, Alan J, Cassar-Pullicino, V N, Roberts, S E, Jaffray, D C

“…This is a case series in which case notes review and telephone interview update were used to assess the outcome following coccygectomy. To correlate the…”
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