Background: Pseudoarthrosis, often defined as a failure to achieve osseous fusion by the 1-year post-operative time point. Despite its relatively high prevalence, there is still lack of clinical evidence on…
Objective: Local and regional radiographic outcomes following minimally invasive (MI) transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) versus open TLIF remain unclear. The purpose of this study was to provide a comprehensive…
Study design: Retrospective National Database Study. Objectives: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the cost and patient outcomes associated with the utilization of computer-assisted navigation (CAN) utilization on…
Study design: Retrospective cohort study of patients from the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center (NSCISC). Objective: The aim was to compare the outcomes of patients with gunshot-induced spinal injuries…
Objective: To investigate whether the radiographic results are affected by cage position in single-level transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF). Method: Between January 2016 and June 2018, 130 patients (62 males…
Introduction: Pedicle screw fixation has been the gold standard because this technique allows solid arthrodesis and provides a degree of stiffness that immediately diminishes mechanical back pain. Although the translaminar…
Objective: Iliac screw fixation and anterior column support are highly recommended to prevent lumbosacral pseudarthrosis after long-level adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery. Despite modern instrumentation techniques, a considerable number of…
Introduction: Few studies have examined the effect of hip or knee osteoarthritis, together described as lower extremity osteoarthritis (LEOA) on patient outcomes after lumbar fusion. The purpose of this study…
Automatic spine and vertebra segmentation from X-ray spine images is a critical and challenging problem in many computer-aid spinal image analysis and disease diagnosis applications. In this paper, a two-stage…
Objective: To investigate the safety of nano-hydroxyapatite/polyamide 66 (n-HA/PA66) bioactive support in bone grafting and fusion for elderly patients with lumbar tuberculosis, and to analyze its effectiveness and advantages by…