Background context: Awake spine surgery is growing in popularity, and may facilitate earlier postoperative recovery, reduced cost, and fewer complications than spine surgery conducted under general anesthesia (GA). However, trends…
Background: Navigation systems for spinal fusion surgery rely on intraoperative computed tomography (CT) or fluoroscopy imaging. Both expose patient, surgeons and operating room staff to significant amounts of radiation. Alternative…
Background: Given the lack of guidelines regarding the operative management of elderly patients needing lumbar spine fusion for degenerative disease, it is often difficult to balance between invasiveness respecting the…
Objective: This case-series aims to characterize the Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion (LLIF) surgical learning curve and investigate changes in perioperative/postoperative clinical parameters associated with increased operative experience. Methods: Surgical learning…
Background: Currently, the enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) for spinal surgery field is still in its beginnings, the major protocol lessons learned from other surgical specialties and lack of ERAS…
Objective: To evaluate the early clinical effect of percutaneous endoscopic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (PE-TLIF) and minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF) surgery in the treatment of middle-aged and…
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Background: Lymphocyte percentage/count, platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) have shown prognostic significance in patients with cancer, stroke, and following cardiac surgery. However, the utility of these blood parameters…
Case Reports doi: 10.25259/SNI_192_2022. eCollection 2022. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States. Item in Clipboard Case Reports…