Objectives: To evaluate how well the degree of pain relief after discoblock predicts the disability outcome of subsequent fusion or total disc replacement (TDR) surgery, based on short-term Oswestry Disability…
Case Reports . 2022 Feb 24;14(2):e22573. doi: 10.7759/cureus.22573. eCollection 2022 Feb. Affiliations Expand Affiliation 1 Neurological Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA. Item in Clipboard Case Reports Luke…
Objective During the COVID-19 pandemic, certain precautionary measures were implemented to limit its effect, including the cancellation of clinics and elective surgical lists. To determine the impact, if any, of…
Study design: Retrospective case-control radiographic study. Objective: To identify main effects of preoperative pattern and global coronal malalignment (GCM) on postoperative coronal imbalance in degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DLS) patients and…
Background context: The effect of psoas and paraspinal muscle parameters on cage subsidence after minimally invasive techniques, such as standalone lateral lumbar interbody fusion (SA-LLIF), is unknown. Purpose: This study…
Background context: Interbody fusion, including: transforaminal (TLIF), posterior (PLIF), anterior (ALIF), and lateral (LLIF); effectively treat lumbar degenerative pathology and provide spinopelvic balance. Although the decision on surgical approach and…
Study design: This was a retrospective cohort study. Objective: Develop an evidence-based preoperative risk assessment scoring system for patients undergoing anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF). Summary of background data: ALIF…
Background: Lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) is a minimally invasive surgical option for treating symptomatic degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (DLSS) in select patients. However, the efficacy of LLIF for indirectly…
Review . 2022 Mar 19;2022:4979231. doi: 10.1155/2022/4979231. eCollection 2022. Bryan Zheng 1 , Elias Shaaya 1 , Josh Feler 1 , Owen P Leary 1 , Matthew J Hagan 1 , Ankush Bajaj 1 , Jared…
Objective: The effect of malnutrition on outcomes following posterior lumbar fusion (PLF) remains understudied. This study analyzes the effect of malnutrition across a comprehensive range of BMI on complications following…