Background: To explore the effects and deficiencies of the enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) care protocol on patients undergoing lumbar fusion and internal fixation in perioperative care. Methods: A total…
Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of intrathecal morphine (ITM) in combination with bupivacaine as pre-emptive analgesia in patients undergoing posterior lumbar fusion surgery. This…
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Introduction: Thoracolumbar kyphosis is common cause of sagittal spinal malalignment. Neglected tuberculous infection in childhood often presents as kyphotic deformity in adulthood, especially in India, where tuberculosis is endemic. Complete…
»: Level selection is often a dilemma in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) surgery. The goals of selection of the upper instrumented vertebra (UIV) are to achieve the most optimal proximal…
Objective: Treatment of degenerative lumbar diseases has been shown to be clinically effective with open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (O-TLIF) or minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF). Despite this,…
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Objective: Prior evidence has supported the use of local intraoperative epidural steroids in lumbar discectomy for improvements in postoperative pain and outcomes. However, currently there is a paucity of data…
Background: Previous studies identified a correlation between preoperative resilience scores and patient reported outcome measures in several surgical subspecialities. No previous studies, to our knowledge, have analyzed preoperative resilience and…
Background and purpose: Postoperative dysphagia is a known complication of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) with reported incidences ranging from 1 to 79%. No standardized guidelines exist for spine…