Purpose: To compare pain scores (visual analog scale) on postoperative days 1-3 and length of stay after implementing enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) in elderly patients undergoing multi-segments lumbar fusion…
Background: Spinal tuberculosis (TB) has the highest incidence in remote plateau areas, particularly in Tibet, China, due to inadequate local healthcare services, which not only facilitates the transmission of TB…
Background: Vascular injury to the lumbar segmental arteries is a devastating complication in minimally invasive lumbar interbody fusion. Previous studies on the anatomy of the lumbar segmental arteries are limited.…
Introduction: Bacterial infection is a common etiology for pseudarthrosis after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion, although it is often difficult to identify because of a delayed presentation and normal laboratory values.…
We investigated the incidence and clinical features of cage subsidence after single-level lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF). We studied a retrospective cohort of 59 patients (34 males, 25 females; mean…
Objectives: To investigate whether the preoperative morphology of multifidus influences the surgical outcomes of stand-alone lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) for lumbar spondylolisthesis. Patients and methods: Fifty-eight patients with lumbar…
Background: Lumbar interbody fusion has gained popularity for the treatment of spondylolisthesis in recent years. Both procedures have their own advantages and disadvantages. Objective: The aim of this study was…
Background: Infectious spondylodiscitis of the lumbar spine is a common serious disease for which evidence-based therapeutic concepts are still lacking. Objective: This retrospective study compared the impact of the health…
Background: The prognosis value of paraspinal muscle degeneration on clinical outcomes has been revealed. However no study has investigated the effect of the fat infiltration (FI) of paraspinal muscles on…
Background: Due to the presence of multimorbidity and polypharmacy, patients aged 75 and older are at a higher risk for postoperative adverse events after lumbar fusion surgery. More effective enhanced…