Purpose: To investigate the relationship between pelvic incidence (PI) and proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) in patients treated surgically for adult spinal deformity (ASD) with fusion from thoracolumbar junction to sacrum.…
Objective: Fusion is the standard of treatment for degenerative lumbar symptomatic instabilities. Dynamic stabilization is a potential alternative, with the aim of reducing pathological motion. Potential advantages are a reduction…
Objective: Anterior-to-psoas lumbar interbody fusion (ATP-LIF), more commonly referred to as oblique lateral interbody fusion, and lateral transpsoas lumbar interbody fusion (LTP-LIF), also known as extreme lateral interbody fusion, are…
Study design: Prospective study. Objective: The aim of this study is to visualize the morphology of a lumbar herniated disc and Kambin's triangle in three dimensions (3D) based on preoperative…
doi: 10.3390/medicina58040478. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, 2-5-1 Shinmachi, Hirakata 573-1010, Japan. 2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kansai Medical University Medical Center, 10-15 Fimizono-cho,…
Background and Objective: The aim of this review was to analyze the existing literature and investigate the outcomes or complications of lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) combined with indirect decompression…
Background and Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the process and morphology of thoracic and lumbosacral bone fusion in patients with adult spinal deformity (ASD) who underwent circumferential minimally invasive…
Background and Objectives: Lumbar spinal stenosis is one of the most common causes of disability in the elderly and often necessitates surgical intervention in patients over the age of 65.…
Review . 2022 Apr 15;15(8):2906. doi: 10.3390/ma15082906. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Lublin, Jaczewskiego 4, 20-090 Lublin, Poland. 2 Department of Didactics and Medical Simulation,…
Study design: Retrospective cohort study. Objectives: With steadily increasing implementation of far lateral approaches in spine surgery, surgeons can utilize the advantages of different approaches synergistically to ensure an optimal…