Introduction: Spinal fractures related to diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) are almost always caused by a long lever arm, so treatment of the fractures requires stabilization of long segments of…
. 2022 Mar 7;14(3):e22931. doi: 10.7759/cureus.22931. eCollection 2022 Mar. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Neurosurgery, Hôpitaux Civils de Colmar, Colmar, FRA. Item in Clipboard Robin Srour. Cureus. 2022. Show details Display…
Introduction: Instrumentation with pedicle screws (PS) can compromise the adjacent neural structures. Triggered electromyography (tEMG) is a modality of intraoperative neuromonitoring, used to assist in the placement of these. The…
Objective: Oblique lumbar interbody fusion (OLIF) is known as a minimally invasive technique for disc space augmentation. Motor weakness after OLIF has been known to occur in some cases. This…
Purpose: To evaluate the vertebral bone mineral density and the value of stand-alone oblique lumbar interbody fusion (SA OLIF) for the management of single-level adjacent segment disease (ASD) and primary…
Case Reports . 2022 Mar 8;14(3):e22955. doi: 10.7759/cureus.22955. eCollection 2022 Mar. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Orthopaedics (Trauma and Emergency), All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur, Raipur, IND. 2 Orthopaedic…
. 2022 Apr 7;S1878-8750(22)00437-5. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.03.143. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Köyceğiz Vocational School of Health Services, Department of Health Care Services, Muğla,…
Background: Lumbar interbody fusion (LIF) is an established surgical intervention for patients with leg and back pain secondary to disc herniation or degeneration. Interbody fusion involves removal of the herniated…
. 2022 Mar 7;14(3):e22931. doi: 10.7759/cureus.22931. eCollection 2022 Mar. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Neurosurgery, Hôpitaux Civils de Colmar, Colmar, FRA. Item in Clipboard Robin Srour. Cureus. 2022. Show details Display…
Study design: Retrospective analysis of prospectively database. Objective: Implant-related complications are an extremely important issue because they pose a burden to patients who underwent surgery. An understanding of these complications…