Purpose of review: Spondylolysis remains one of the most common causes of lower back pain in the pediatric and adolescent populations and is particularly prevalent in young sporting individuals. Despite…
Objective: Interbody fusion procedures, including: transforaminal (TLIF), posterior (PLIF), anterior (ALIF), and lateral (LLIF); effectively treat lumbar degenerative pathology and provide spinopelvic balance. The objective of this study is to…
Aims: Lumbar disc prolapse is a frequent indication for surgery. The few available long-term follow-up studies focus mainly on repeated surgery for recurrent disease. The aim of this study was…
Background: Pre-existing chronic pain has been associated with severe postoperative pain. In this study, we sought to prospectively analyse the association between the duration of chronic low back pain and…
Objective: To explore the application of cortical bone trajectory screw (CBTS) and sacral alar screw (SAS) internal fixation in the treatment of lumbar adjacent segment degeneration (ASD) and evaluate its…
. 2022 Apr 29;21925682221098362. doi: 10.1177/21925682221098362. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Neurosurgery, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. 2 Department of Orthopedics,…
Background: Increasingly there is an impetus on the part of surgeons to find more minimally invasive approaches to treat spinal pathologies. Retroperitoneal prepsoas and transpsoas approaches to the lumbar spine…
. 2022 Mar 24;14(3):e23467. doi: 10.7759/cureus.23467. eCollection 2022 Mar. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Orthopaedics, Spine Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, USA. 2 Orthopaedic Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School…
Study design: Randomized controlled trial with minimum of 5-years follow-up. Objective: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the peri- and postoperative complications rates, ectopic bone migration, and reoperation…
doi: 10.1115/1.4054457. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Advanced Technology and Development Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721 302, West Bengal, India. 2 Department of Mechanical…