Background context: Medical malpractice litigation is associated with significant financial costs in the U.S. and often leads to the practice of defensive medicine. Among medical subspecialities, spine surgery is disproportionately…
Case Reports . 2022 Mar 3;14(3):e22792. doi: 10.7759/cureus.22792. eCollection 2022 Mar. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Neurological Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Moses Campus, Bronx, USA. 2 Neurological Surgery, New York University…
Background: Spinal schwannoma recurs after initial surgery at a rate of 4%-6%, with known risk factors including subtotal resection, multilevel involvement, large tumor size, and malignant histopathology. This study examined…
Study design: Retrospective cohort study. Objectives: Leveraging electronic health records (EHRs) for spine surgery research is impeded by concerns regarding patient privacy and data ownership. Synthetic data derivatives may help…
Background: Bone density has been associated with a successful fusion rate in spine surgery. Hounsfield units (HUs) have more recently been evaluated as an indirect representation of bone density. Low…
. 2022 Apr 1;S1878-8750(22)00375-8. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.03.083. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI. Electronic address: [email protected]. 2 Alpert Medical School of…
. 2022 Mar;19(1):163-176. doi: 10.14245/ns.2143236.618. Epub 2022 Mar 31. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea. Item in Clipboard Hyoungmin Kim et al. Neurospine.…
Objective: The purpose was to compare the clinical effects of posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) and transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation (LDH) complicated…
Study design: Single-center retrospective cohort study. Objectives: To evaluate inpatient MME administration associated with different lumbar spinal fusion surgeries. Methods: Patients ≥18 years of age with a diagnosis of Grade…
Background: The fusion of the lumbar spine may lead to the degeneration of the adjacent segments. In this study, the effects of OLIF and TLIF on adjacent segments after treatment…