Objective: Synthetic hydroxyapatite (HA) and its related materials have made great progress in basic research and clinical application in spinal repair and reconstruction. However, the effect of HA and its…
Background: The effect of prolonged symptom duration in patients undergoing ambulatory MIS-TLIF on postoperative clinical outcomes has not been well studied. We aim to compare symptom duration of pain and/or…
Background: Traditional open posterior fusion techniques involve stripping of the posterior paraspinal muscles with protracted retraction, which can lead to ischemia and denervation. This may result in poor clinical outcomes…
Background: Liposomal bupivacaine (LB) is a local analgesic that may be used at the time of surgery to limit postoperative pain around the surgical site. Its efficacy in decreasing pain,…
Introduction: Unilateral biportal endoscopy (UBE) is a relatively new yet common minimally invasive procedure in spine surgery, capable of achieving adequate decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis through unilateral laminectomy bilateral…
Background: Clinically, there are substantive practice variations in surgical management of degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis. We aimed at evaluating whether decompression alone outcomes for patients with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis are comparable…
Background: Ceruminous glands are modified apocrine glands of the external auditory canal (EAC). Malignant tumours within the ceruminous glands are extremely rare, and the most common histological type is adenoid…
Objective: Fractures of the thoracolumbar spine are the most common fractures of the spinal column. This retrospective cohort study aimed to determine whether it is necessary to remove implants of…
Background: Robot-assisted spine surgery aims to improve the accuracy of screw placement. We compared the accuracy and safety between a novel robot and free hand in thoracolumbar pedicle screw placement.…
. 2022 Jul 8;2022:8273853. doi: 10.1155/2022/8273853. eCollection 2022. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Orthopaedics, Tzu Chi General Hospital at Dalin and Tzu Chi University, Taiwan. 2 Department of Orthopedics,…