Study design: Retrospective cohort. Objective: To analyze and confirm the rates of postoperative complications of patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) undergoing primary posterior lumbar fusion (PLF) and assess whether…
Study design: Retrospective cohort study. Objectives: This study aimed to examine whether the use of intravenous TXA in elective spine surgery is associated with reduced perioperative massive hemorrhage requiring transfusion.…
doi: 10.1097/WNP.0000000000000962. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A. 2 Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina,…
Background: An Andersson lesion (AL) is a fatigue fracture occurring across three columns in ankylosing spondylitis (AS), resulting in spinal pseudarthrosis (SP) formation, most commonly in the thoracolumbar segment. However,…
Review Int J Environ Res Public Health . 2022 Aug 16;19(16):10158. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191610158. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Rothman Orthopedic Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. Item in Clipboard…
. 2022 Aug 9;11(16):4646. doi: 10.3390/jcm11164646. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 222 Banpo-daero,…
Objective: To determine if preoperative albumin-alkaline phosphatase ratio (AAPR) is predictive of clinical outcomes in patients with degenerative lumbar diseases undergoing lumbar fusion. Method: 326 patients undergoing posterior lumbar decompression…
Review doi: 10.3390/medicina58081064. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare (IUHW), Chiba 286-8686, Japan. 2 Spine and Spinal Cord Center…
In the past two decades, minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) techniques have been developed for spinal surgery. Historically, minimizing invasiveness in decompression surgery was initially reported as a MISS technique.…
Frequency: Monthly Weekly Daily Which day? The first Sunday The first Monday The first Tuesday The first Wednesday The first Thursday The first Friday The first Saturday The first day…