Background: Many studies have reported that minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MI-TLIF) provides satisfactory treatment comparable to other fusion methods. However, in the case of MI-TLIF, there are concerns…
Study design: Retrospective cohort study. Purpose: Traumatic fracture dislocation of the spine injury is essentially a three column injury that optimally needs surgical intervention to decompress, stabilize and fuse the…
Introduction: Posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) has been widely used to treat various degenerative spinal diseases. However, surgical site infection (SSI) post-PLIF is often difficult to cure. This study aimed…
Background: Proximal junction kyphosis (PJK) is the postsurgical radiographic event seen in the surgical plane after the fusion of a spinal deformity. Unfavorable health outcomes have been reported in symptomatic…
Introduction The prescription opioid epidemic and widespread use of narcotic medications have introduced new challenges when treating patients undergoing spine surgery. Given the ubiquity of preoperative opioid consumption amongst patients…
Purpose: To investigate the influence on the adjacent segment degeneration (ASD) of short-segment lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) at 2 years postoperatively. Methods: Ninety-seven consecutive patients who underwent one- or…
doi: 10.1111/joa.13662. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Aston University, The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK. 2 The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham,…
. 2022 Mar 22;145:105438. doi: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2022.105438. Online ahead of print. Jakub Laznovsky 1 , Adam Brinek 1 , Tomas Zikmund 2 , Marketa Boudova 1 , Lucy Vojtova 1 , Jana Dorazilova 1 , Martin Trunec …
Background: No study to our knowledge has explored physical therapy utilization following lumbar spine surgery in a workers' compensation setting. Objectives: Describe physical therapy utilization and costs, and return-to-work status…
Objective: Treatment of degenerative lumbar spine pathologies typically escalates to surgical intervention when symptoms begin to significantly impair patients' functional status. Currently, surgeons rely on subjective patient assessments through patient-reported…