Objective: Obesity is an important issue in spine surgeries due to its negative effects on the quality of surgery, more complications, and adverse consequences. This study compared the outcomes of…
doi: 10.3390/medicina58020277. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Division of Spine Surgery, Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany. 2 Clinic for Trauma, Orthopedics and Plastic…
Study design: Retrospective cohort study. Objective: Investigate the patterns of fused lumbar alignment in patients requiring revision surgery for proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK). Methods: Fifty patients (67.8 yo, 76% female)…
Study design: Retrospective Cohort OBJECTIVE: Determine if a penicillin allergy is an independent risk factor for poor outcomes following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) and posterior lumbar fusion (PLF).…
doi: 10.1007/s00701-022-05168-z. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Neurosurgery, Spine Center, Wiltse Memorial Hospital, 560 Gyeongsu-daero, Dongan-gu, Anyang, 14112, Republic of Korea. 2 Department of Neurosurgery,…
. 2022 Feb 24;98:248-253. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2022.02.023. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Neuroscience Institute, Epworth Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Swinburne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Electronic address:…
Frequency: Monthly Weekly Daily Which day? The first Sunday The first Monday The first Tuesday The first Wednesday The first Thursday The first Friday The first Saturday The first day…
Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the ureteral running position from the viewpoint of the spine, and to identify the spinal level and left-right difference in the ureter at a…
Introduction: Assessments of early postoperative bony union after posterior lumbar interbody fusion via computed tomography (CT) have revealed cases in which interbody fixation by bony union resulted in nonfusion due…
Objective: In recent years, it has become possible to predict postoperative correction and residual deformity in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) surgery based on the technique used and extent of fixation.…