Introduction: Implant subsidence is a potential complication of spinal interbody fusion and may negatively affect patients subjected to procedures relying on indirect decompression such as minimally invasive transpsoas lateral lumbar…
Study design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: To validate whether fusions that end proximal to the sagittal stable vertebrae are at risk for developing distal junctional kyphosis in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.…
Case Reports . 2020 May 11;S0967-5868(20)30889-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2020.05.040. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, Department of Neurosurgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center,…
Background: Minimally invasive spine (MIS) fusion is an increasingly common procedure, with advantages over open approach in the form of minimal dissection and superior early clinical outcome. The frequency of…
Background: The relationship between postoperative change of cervical lordotic alignment and restoration of thoracic kyphosis with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is still controversial. We investigated reciprocal changes in the sagittal…
Introduction: Perioperative complications associated with spinal fusion have been investigated steadily to reduce morbidity and mortality. Although there are several reports reviewing abdominal complications occurring with anterior spinal fusion, complications…
Background: It remains unclear if minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MI-TLIF) is comparable to traditional, open TLIF because of the limitations of the prior small-sample-size, single-center studies reporting comparative…
A Comparison of Minimally Invasive and Open Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Grade 1 Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis: An Analysis of the Prospective Quality Outcomes Database. Chan AK, Bisson EF, Bydon…
Background: Minimally invasive approaches for lumbar fusion are aimed at reducing soft tissue injury in order to minimize surgical morbidity and facilitate recovery. Method: Applied to lumbar fusion, such an…
Objective: To compare the effectiveness of modified transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (modified-TLIF) and posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) for mild to moderate lumbar spondylolisthesis in middle-aged and elderly patients. Methods:…