Background and Objectives: Minimally invasive spine surgery reduces destruction of the paraspinal musculature and improves spinal stability. Nevertheless, screw loosening remains a challenging issue in osteoporosis patients receiving spinal fixation…

We present a patient who had spontaneous resolution of a right L3/4 lumbar juxtafacet cyst (LJFC); and in whom, 2.5 years after regression of the previous cyst, a new contralateral…

Objective: To explore the effectiveness and feasibility of injectable Escherichia coli-derived recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (injectable E-rhBMP-2, a combination of E. coli-derived recombinant human bone morphogenic protein-2 and a…

Clinical characteristics: Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome (WSS) is characterized by developmental delay, intellectual disability, and characteristic facial features, with or without additional congenital anomalies. The facial features include thick eyebrows with lateral…

Purpose: This study aimed to explore whether 25% as the cutoff value of fat infiltration (FI) in multifidus (MF) could be a predictor of clinical outcomes of lumbar spinal stenosis…

Objective: To investigate the clinical outcome data and difference in efficacy between paraspinal mini-tubular lumbar decompression (PMTD) and minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS TLIF) in the treatment of…

Review doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.902831. eCollection 2022. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. 2 In silico Biomechanics Laboratory, National Center for…

Background: Given the increased attention to functional improvement in spine surgery as it relates to motion preservation, activities of daily living, and cost, it is critical to fully understand the…

doi: 10.2176/jns-nmc.2021-0395. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Neurosurgery and Spine Surgery, Iseikai Hospital. 2 Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine. 3 Department…

Background: There remains a paucity of literature on the impact of overlap on neurosurgical patient outcomes. The purpose of the present study was to correlate increasing duration of surgical overlap…