Study design: Institutional review board-approved retrospective cohort study. Objectives: Failure to achieve alignment goals may result in accelerated adjacent segment degeneration and poorer outcomes. In "open" spine surgery, intraoperative tools…
Study design: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Objectives: Raised patient BMI is recognised as a relative contraindication to posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) due to the anaesthetic challenges, difficult positioning and…
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Sagittal misalignment has been associated with negative quality of life (QOL). However, there is no report on whether differences in preoperative sagittal misalignment in patients with lumbar degenerative diseases affect…
Background: Physiotherapists (PTs) have an essential role in the facilitation of patients' mobilization after lumbar spinal fusion (LSF). The aim of this study is to investigate whether PTs can predict…
Background: Indications and outcomes in lumbar spinal fusion for degenerative disease are notoriously heterogenous. Selected subsets of patients show remarkable benefit. However, their objective identification is often difficult. Decision-making may…
Background context: Computed tomography (CT) measurement of Hounsfield Units (HU) has been described as a tool for assessing BMD. For surgeons considering a revision lumbar fusion, knowledge of the BMD…
Background: To observe the clinical efficacy of an anterior single rob-screw fixation (ASRSF) combined with the oblique lumbar intervertebral fusion (OLIF) approach compared with a posterior percutaneous screw fixation (PPSF)…
Purpose: The aim of this study was to systematically evaluate the efficacy of posterior lumbar isobar nonfusion with isobar devices versus posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) in the treatment of…
Background: Adjacent segmental degeneration (ASD) is the long-term complication of transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) combined with pedicle screw fixation. Both osteoporosis and whole body vibration (WBV) can alter the…