Background: Adjacent level degeneration (ALD) is a precursor to construct failure in adult spinal deformity surgery, but whether construct design affects ALD risk remains unclear. Here we present a biomechanical…
Background: The spine surgeon's understanding of an individual patient's burden of disease and functional disability in daily life is shaped by patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). Although PROMs are useful in…
Objectives: To compare the short-term outcomes of unilateral biportal endoscopic lumbar interbody fusion (BLIF) and uniportal endoscopic lumbar interbody fusion (ULIF). Methods: Sixty patients diagnosed with L4/5 spinal stenosis who…
Background: Current revision surgery to remove the infected interbody cage following transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) surgery is challenging and traumatic. The purpose of this study is to introduce a…
Background and purpose: Anterior lumbar approaches are recommended for clinical conditions that require interbody stability, spinal deformity corrections or a large fusion area. Anterior lumbar interbody fusion in lateral decubitus…
Study design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: To evaluate differences in readmission rates, number of debridements, and length of antibiotic therapy when comparing bacterial gram type following lumbar spinal fusion infections.…
Study design: A retrospective cohort study. Objective: To determine radiographic parameters, including the lowest instrumented vertebral (LIV) tilt, related to the postoperative magnitude and progression of residual lumbar curves (LCs)…
Study design: Retrospective cohort. Objective: To determine if intraoperative on-table lumbar lordosis and segmental lordosis coincide with perioperative change in lordosis. Summary of background data: Improvements in sagittal alignment are…
Study design: Retrospective cohort comparison study. Objective: To compare perioperative outcomes, radiographic parameters, and patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) between minimally invasive unilateral laminotomy with bilateral decompression (MIS-ULBD) versus MIS…
Study design: Single-center, multi-surgeon, retrospective review. Objective: Evaluate the timing of return to commonly performed activities following minimally invasive spine surgery. Identify preoperative factors associated with these outcomes. Summary of…